Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 17, 1878, Page 5

. e ¥ in the coflin.” Jobuson lifted it out; Brown THE. CHICAGO TRIBUNE . SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 17, IS76—SIXTEEN PAGES. .5 Tflpj RESURRECTIGRISTS | ole of Them Arrested in ‘Chiczgo Yesterday. N s e fie Body of a German Woman at Eigin Dag Up and Broughkt * Here. - wrong Body Sccured-—Arrest of the Criminals. A Coul ne stories of the Affair—How They L Were Captured. . r.:mu'hinz is bLecoming the popular BodF ace the attempted desecration of the x ,x'nwmb some two years ago. Professional o turning their attention from coun- el purglaries, and other branches of i ok of resurrecting the bodics u; dead, amd disposing of them ge “pieht doctors” in some i and sometimes holding the remuains .moncy. The Stewart remains were len for the latter purposc. Rea- i why professionals may with advantage o thel atteution .to body-suntehing arc ap- 2 t on-everv hand. Our large colléges are s depositorics for dead bodies than any pence™ for plundergean ever De made, and, 113 the work at the cemetery be well doue, jegen £TC tolerably eecure from apprehen- B ides, tue penalty for robbing graves les than any otber specics of villainy, when stops’ to cousider the enorinity of the 0% 7 eton 135 of chaper 38 o the Crim- s {appRasom ess stol e reads: E;&su wiltally ond without euthority digs e, Temoves, OF convers awzy ftom the B uiture or intermen: tiiereo! any uman [ b rerains thereol. or knowinely zids in g diefnterment, remoral, OF conveyIng M Boerer e ngcessory tcreto, exther efore o ny ball be ot less than S100 nor sheribedct, S Mor be confined tn tne county 5 not exceeding one year, of Dboth. B The euccceding section is_almost similar in peaally, sud refers to the injuring of monu- ments. T0E FIRST CASE OF GRAVE-ROBEERY vear. in_this immediate inits, came to Jiebt yesterday. Atong in the forenoon the Siice were infermed thiat a necro liad brought D eeand buzay to Otis Ficld's livers-stable, “n Michigan avenue. opposite the Exposition Betiiioe, 2ud astbehiorse was jaded and orn out enathe bugey covered with mud, it was con- i that the driver had been ‘throush the countrs. At once the supposition was that the rie had been stolen. Detectives Lansing, Lo derran, and Ryan were detailed to investigate. Towards noon the negro reappeared at the stable, and was ab orce arrested. He said free- Fiiat he had came with a doctor’s eon from Elrin, and that the younx man’s Jmr was the owner of the trizm” and hat consequently it could wot have been stole. Abpearances _were such, owever, thii the fellow was detained, not- vithstandine nis quite plausible story, and the oflcers returned to 2rrest the young white nan +5 foon 35 he came there. At this pofat % ihe story the Policc Department lookd axfully wisc atthe reporter. Detectives always %. However, by the time that both had been mrested Superintendent Scavey received the iolowing dispateh: Grave roboed last' might. Supposed body sent erland to Chiczgo. Brdly accomposed. Jonx Powens, City Marshal, Eigio. The negro gave the name of Sam Johnson and Yscompanion that of Frank. R. Brown, gon of Dr.8. P. Brown, of No. 50 Centre street, Elzin. The former was first questioned and confronted vih tbe telerram, and almost immediately siuonledged that they bad brought with them L 1hls city the bocy of a man who had commit- 114 euicide, whom_they had resurrected during enirht. Young Brown nlso admitted the truth cithestatement, and remarked *ihat hewas zlad that the deceased had no friends who would be ot to wake the prosecution harder.” He, too, wuof the opinicn tha: the body was that of a zan whocommitted suicide in thie canneries at Tiein, and who had beca buried in the paupers’ gouud in the grave-yard. Detective Lansing and a hackman went to TIE CUICAGO NOMEOPATHIC COLLEGE, wmerof Van Buren street and Michizan ave- 10e, secompanied. by one of the prisoners, and won entering the dissecting-room found tle fady of & woman cut up, and the padly decom- psed remains of avother cadaver which was pinted ont as the one that had been brought in Gurine the forenoon. This latter was taken to the Moraue, where, upon laying it out upon the gty it was found that it wasnot the body of e man who committed suicide, but that of 2 wman, and wound avout the neck was a siilc fress that bad doubtless been used asa ourial- #roud, The officers were in doubt at first, one mpposing that the men Lad made 2 mistaie. md in the darkness had taken no notice as to waether ther had resurrecied a man’s or & veman’s body, and others were of the opinion foat the authorities at the College had gotten wind of the affair, and kad changed the body in ader to avold detection. All doubts were, bawerer, set at rest bythe colored prisoner, who ulked quite frecly about the affair. When in- formed that it wasa womau’s body he safd: “Then we made 2 mistake. and rot the body of 1poor German woman who died there some seebsaen. Mr. Frapk, he wanted 1o get the body of a woman but T wanted to get the man that shot himself. This s too bad.” But Brown tould pot say what it was save that it was baaly teompgsed, and that as the suicide had been dead only a short time, he was positive that tome mistake had been made. ATRIBUSE reporter interviewed the prison- s at the Armory. where they were incarcer- ied to await the arrival of _City-Marshal Power @ some other officer from Elrin, and obtained 1 them statements in regard to the arrange- eals they made for exhuming the body and beinging it 2o this city. i FRANK DROWN 3 2 ton of a well-known phvsician of hieh tinding and wealth at Elein, and is 19 years of #e. Helstall, and bas a well-developed phy- Hue; his face 15 smooth, and he has the 2ir and ::gflnnw af a youug man who is enzpged in = woble pastime of sowing his wild mflmflc is frank in manner as well as name, i oy hiesitate to confess his part in the nfl!:,hn some of his statements disagreed T those of Sam Jobmson, the colored man lmuhwm with him. He stated that he was o ical student, and had been attending Ri ege. He learned that vodics for dissecting Farooses would be received and paid for st tie lexzo Nomeopathic Colleze, corner of Mich- B avenve and Van Buren strect, and made ar- mugements to deliver ome there, aud oewe 85 for it. He stated that e more_of the Faculiy at the ution were cogmizant of _ the imancements. Accordingly, be went to Elgi 5 gin ;::l E:lameu Johnson as the person best suited o \\:Em‘m work; he wasa men of nerve, Tews appid depend on nim. He held inter- Yo rerar o at different. times, and promised thiegord bim with 10 as pay for his services 18 B rrectionist. Johnson agreed to the bniaf ment, and kept a Jookout ob the public wlenin ogufl at Elgin, with a view toward T h 4 :Eood subject. When the negro was be hhorthe job he notified him (Brown) that g felected — the boly of ‘o man thesse cmploye at ould’s it m’;flforr, and who. had shot lim- Win guicidal fotent in 3 hag-loft ml‘nmu ‘s farm, 2 mile or so from Elgin, &, g reeks ago. | The rave was not, sod 4 efog in that part of the burial-ground £2t Frid, e entrance, was casy of aceess. Brown w‘ night Jast as the time for digming up alaignen g aud just vefore the *witeling hour Cnae, “!!ICS' Falked over to the cemetery and ,,mdmd operations. Johuson actea as first oy o r and Brown as gecond. but the situ- ‘qaesg 1o, 100 perilous to discuss Crowner’s i o asthe gravediggers doin *Hamlet? mflmg!e{ms Othmv out the cn.alh that i ains. On reaching the coflinthey "‘;“mtfd that, they could not et the lid off g dade, and declded to return to town et 2100l for the purpose. Johinson secured Erown ghag aod it was agreed between im and The izt they should ride in the bugey that ofthe T secared untii withie a short distance i wqgiersy when Johnson was to get out seraq o for the parpose of throwing off the o pghcemm whom they saw on a streei- N orown arranging to mect him at the Teady 10, entrance with the horse and bugzy reacigr STFing the body off to Chicago. On track o the”praveyard again thes found the takey chdm; Mr.” Bailey, the man who bas aboyy, arge of it for twenty years, Wasnod the M!m! the men procceded to wrench Jolihson gi the coffin. Brown savs 204 de did the work while he was standing by, Bereibed it a5 a “ mighty ticklish job.! g mes they imagined some one was com- trepon Lhem, and they quaked with fear and ooz, but Johnson “got the lid off, and a 2 neas b sickeniug stench poured forth from Erepnl¥ docomposed body. It- was dark as . and they_could scarcely sce the dead been flmfi#‘tflfl not handic the ghastly corpse, but 0 Johnson o do. Thelateér diew a3ack over the lower Hinbs atid pladed .anéther over the: upper part of the body; and then ardied L0 to the bumey, o where was wiapped_iu a lap-robe and placed in the veaide, Both then jumped into the bugzy and drove rapidly away toward Chicazo, - That was abous midnight, aud tiiey drove the distauce of forty miles or more overa muddy road n six lguurs and a half, reaching this city at 6:30 2. m. €31 They w ; to the Chicage , where the janitor re tl dy. and Johngonh 1 took thi horée Yo thie stable. wheré he w45 drrested b the oflicers. Brown also stated. that he i ed the oflfcers of the act that they liad brotizht the corpsé 10 this ity and left it at the collere above named, where' they found ir. He kuew the law was rigid in this State against body- snatehing, and Enderstood that bie was linble to imprisonment if capturc SAM JOIINSON, the colored man, also zave the reporter a state- ment of the gravtrobberv. He is 2 Pock- marked neero, about 45 or 50 yeuais of age, aoll &peaks in the most ¢arnest and expressive man- ner, and apparently with great hot e said he bad lived in Elgin forsix years pust, and previous 10 that in Galena for twenty years; he was ‘“born and raised” in Loneaster County, Pa.- He hasa family, coysisting of a wife ree children, living at Elgin. e has b employed as hostler for Mr. Horace Fredeh. of Elgin and has been a poor man., Young Browh, whom he kiew well, had souzht him four weelts ago, and endeavored to ekt him To juin him in resurrecting a budy and taking it to this uity, the Young man siving tl money in it But he declived to do.anyt of the gort at first, and. finally Fielded b of his poverty. Brown promised him §25, Yriday night they undertook tlie job. Juiinso had previovsly gonetotlic cemetery ani selected the yrave of a suiclde for their operatiods. Brown wallied with bim to the wraveyard, hud he (Jolingon) dug the carthh from off the coflin. Poth then returned to the office of Dr. Brown, where - the . you man _obtained his father’s borse and Lugey clandestinely, and they rode up uearty to the cemetery, When Julinson out and " walked in order to dvoid 3 pulicernan on_ e tréet. On their arrival ab the cemetery, Johnsoi statéd, Brown attempted o ussist Biin in removing the body frof the coffin, but he weakened, and scemed to lose his vouraze. Johnson sild since he had under- taken the. fob be would carryit throuzh, and removed the lid and wrapped the body up in el 3 two old sacks, In that condition they took it to the buggy. where they “placed the laprobe over it, and strapped the corpse so that they ecdidld carry it conven- ientlyin the vehicle. While all “this was in orozress Johmson said the perspiration stood out on his foFehead in areat beails, aud he trem- bled like a leal, put he steek to the work nuti it was completed. Four or five times while standing In the cpen erave he jumped out on imawining that some one was approaching them. The smell from the body was sickening in the extreme, and he althost Tainted. Ile was quite sure he had sclected the @rave of the suicide, but it was so dark he could not see the budy, and: a8 it iis wrabped up sv closely; iie did ot ¥et a look at it wheh it whs taken by him fiito thd Colleze. Brown had told him beforenand that everything would be all right;_that the law allowed” the colleges so many bodies 4 year, and he would pay bim on the delivery of 1he at the inedical fnsti- tution. Brown gave a Lalf-dolar with whith to_get his breakfast vesterday, bitiio more, and he had gotien all_ready Lo teave for Llgiy with the horse and bugey when tie officers arrested him at the stable. Brown was not goiug back witli him, and they had ar- raneed so that ke horse and buggy would be given into the hands of a colored man ax Elviy, 3nd the blame of taking thei away would prob- ably be diverted from nz Brown. Several igice while relating his stofy Johuson em- phatically stated that he was “'a simple d=n fool for pofv into the business,” and be would ot have dope so had his poverty not lorceld him. He furthermore ¢xpressed the hope that the Lord would paralyze his tongue 1if he was not telling the trutk, and if he undertook another such job. Ile was anxious to kunow what the peuaity would be, and asserted bis innocehee of any previous erimie. Brown inforined the oflicers that Johnson had told him before the erive-robbury that hie had planned and executed similar jobs in Cinfunati, St. Loais, and other places, but Johnson in- formed the reporter that he only did that for buncombe; to show Brown that he was brave, and not atraid to take the body up. The youns ‘man, thougi; had lost his nerve, and he bad to do uearly all the worl himself. City Marshal Power arrived in the city late in the aiternoon, 4nd applied ab _the Central Sta- tion without delay for possible neirs regarding the grave-robbers. He was told of the facts as thiey had developed themselves, and saw young Brown, to whom ke said: “You niust have made a mistake; you ot awoman.” ‘*-Good God,” - replicd the _youns body-suatcher, Gjs . that eo¥' Marshal Power told Tneg TRIGOSE insn that the Jady whose decomposed . body had been doubled up, crammied under a buggy-seat, and in that cou- Qition brought to _the eity, was u Mrs. Mina R. Schraeder, who, with her husband. - formerly Jived at lianover, Cook Coucty. She died, as he believed, frow injuries reccived in conge- quence of & fall from a_bugey.. He brougat With him the burial . pepmit, which states that <he died of preumonia Sept. 20, 1873, aged 41- Joars, some months and days, and that she was atteinded by Dr. S. P. Brown, father of the young man 10w in custody, and whose name is attached to the certificate. ‘Brown’s father, e savs, i very respectable physictan in Elgin, and ~ the youug man himselt has studicd at the Rush Medical College in this city, 2nd 18 at present practicing here. He bas never beeu cangiit in any scrapes, sustains o Zood character, and the general opinion, as Mr. Porwer states, {5 that_ he was working in_the in- torest of science, and ot hold of the wroni sub- “The body which, ts Brown is ‘said to haré stated to thie detectives, he desired to get, was that of 2 young man WIf0 COMMITTED SUICIDE in Elzin 2 short time azo. He mist have been unfamiliar with localities, however, for this voung man was a pauper and was buried in the Potter’s Field, while Mrs. Schraeder, who was not a pauper, was buried in another portion of the cemetery. _The uegro, Sam Johuson.’ lives in El- gin, and ~Mr. Power understands that Be’ told Brown that he had - ex- perience _ in _ body-suatching in other places. .Marshal Power will remove the two of- fenders to Elein to-dar. and arrangements have been made to ship Mrs. Schracder’s remalus to the same place. As the Court is In seasion at TElgin . now, it _is probable that the cases of Brown and Johnson will be cailed un without delav. Upon beine questioned as _to how he came to {ake the cadaver to that particolar colleze, Brown said that he had made arrangements with Prof. Pratt to bring in 3 oody, for which he was to receive §25, but that when the body was brought it wus dezided too-far decayed to be of service, and that, con- sequently, he did not receive bis money. Prof. Pratt hiad not been found up toa late hour last nizat, but Dr. Elms and another doctor in the College informed a repoiter 1ast night that such 4 young man had calied, and upon such 3 sub- ject, and bad been referred to Prof. Pratt. Both peotlemen professed to know nothing as to where the body came from. aud, more than that, did not care. 1t 'was clearly evident that the body-snatchers had made 3 miStake and got the wroug corpse, for,wheir Johnson was informed of the fact that 1he body taken from the collere was that of a woman, he exvressed great astonishment, and <aid, “T wonder if_we got the body of the Dutih woman!” Brown was consulted on the came point, and eaid he did not see the body, owing to the darkness. Air. Elton, the Superintendent of the Morzuo, and the undertaker for the Coroner, took the Body in charze and placed §t in a new cordin. 1t will be removed to Elgin to-day. ELGIN- Special Dispatch to The Tridvune, Every, Il., Nov. 16.—Last night the grave of 2 German woman, named Mrs. Minnie Schrac- der, of Hanover, Coolc County, who was bured in the Elgin Cemetery last Sepiember, was ovened and ‘robbed of ‘its ghastly contents. The woman bad been buricd in the Potter’s Field, and be- side hers ias the grave of a woman buried Tpesdny. The grave-robbers were probably Jooking for ‘this body, but mistook the crave. Fresh wazon-tracks can be scen near the grave. 1t is thongnt the body has been removed from the city. Mrs. Schracder was aged 41 years. At go earlr hour this morning a reporter called upon Prof. Pratt at his residence, No. 326 North LaSalle street. He was slightly stunnea v the inquiry, Doctor. there is o young man under arrest, who says he was hire Ly you to Tesurrect stiffs for you at $25 apiece: do you Jinow anything about it?” He then consented 10 1ell the entire story. Thursday 3 young man who refused to disclose his identity, callec upon him at Lhebmllcgc, and wanted o know if . lie ould b ody. A rerbal agreement was ent®ed fnto, the gg‘llmg man _ promis- jor to get 2 v~ legitimately.— by which. was undrestood 3 y over which there would be no misgiving rela- tives should it be found in th¢ dissectine-room. “The:Jaw furnishes the medical students with only a.- few corpses, eqgtirely insufiicient for' the ' demand. \When the . young man brought the body vesterday Dr. Pratt found it so decomposed that he retased topay for it, bot, as “the younz man bad no means.of disposing of it, he- offered to _box and - bury it l o theif gravevard. The Foubz inan was Qi urpnsed iwiien the budy, was taked out of b laced ot the disséetine table, and made i .mistake, and got the isall Dr. Prate aliows £aid, * W b wrotg body.” And that lie had to with it. THE GPERA. Debut of Mlle. Ditta. Lucin Eddard Asiton .Mile, Litta Adama Ttaymondo. &iSae ue On the 9th of Ausust, 1864, a little girl Irom Bloomington, I, Marie von Elsner, un- known o faine, Sung il a concert at the Crosby Musfe-Hall. It was “an uhpretentious concert, and was attesded by a landful of peo- ple. Franz Soyder played the violin 2ud Prof. Miller the pianc._ Un the following morning Tie CnicAGo TRIBUNE predict that the world would hear of Maric von Elsner some ddy. Time went on, and sut found a teacher and a wealthy patron in Cleveland who recoz- Tilzed her talent aud sent lier to Farove. She enjoyed the tuition of 2 eréat teacher andd great artist; Mime. Garcia_shd Maie. Lagrange, aud she attained Such proficiéiicy that when she made her debuts in-Paris und Vienna, news redchea this ‘countiy ol 4 great sucdess. This Kind of pews, however, ‘vomes here oftén, for Buropean .eriticism’ 15 very un- cértain, and iv s not Wiflicult to secure the record of a suceess-in- many unscrupulous misical journals. Whei Strakosth Wwis in Pakis, he was so well satisfied witn her abilities that he made & thivé:yedrs’ cottract with hier, no! te that there alrealy cxisted a two- years? contract with hér old teacher, Prof. Un- derner, of Clevtland.” With thé vontrovers: Détween the two contractdrs the public is al- ready finiliar: esulted in a comproinise, ) ch Strakosh ihade a frésh contract for one year, and allowed ber to appear iu cobicert at Clevilabd, She has now imade her operitic ‘debut, and the result confirms tie confident ex- l)n:ssluns of Toe CmiciGo TRISUNE, written welve Vears azo. 5 in keeping that she should make ber American debut in the prifieipal city of ner native State. She went away irom here unknown, aud she returns a famous artist, and oné of the few really preat sinzers America has produced. Ty years ago she sang to a beg- garly array of cmboty bencl last evening o larze aud brillinyt'audience mave her a zeuuine Western welcoing, full of sympathy and en- jasm, aud that welcome, before the cvening T, became an ovation that hardly knéw It was entirely limit. She_chose for her debut the title-role in « Lucia,” it ivhich she untde ber first appear- anve and first success fh Parls. The debatante 1s a blonde of statuesque forw, with strongly- marked but prepossessing countenance, and withs a stage presence Lhat is very easy and un- affected. Her voice is one of rémarkable even- uess aud rounducess in all the Fegisters, i asreéable {n quality, and of more thay ordibary compiss, The most sallént feature of this voice perhaps is its wonderful flexibility 3 in this fe- speet it is almost phenomenal. Such vocal azility in fact has been rarely witnessed here or such marvelous method Eince. the time of Laborde. Her roulades are_exccuted Wwith wonderful ve- locity, and those in staceato_are wonderfully clear cut. Her trills, even In altissimo, are perlectly clear and _balaueed, Her techiique tarourliout is not only woiiderful but is elezant amd artistic, never, prejudices the tone, and is not ¢hatacterized by tlie musteal artifiees which are 0 commion with many pnma doines. The work is thoronrhly lewitimate. It this, how- ever,. were the only characteristic of Mile. Litta’s singing, we should have little hove of her luture. The .day, of musical rockets, for which Rossini is respousibic, Bas nearly gotie by. They Hoger vet in some of the old wi ‘orks, but 1t Is not lixely that the operas of the future will catl for them sy mich a3 for purity of intonation, dramatic expression, and avility for susiained sivging. 1t js fortunate that the youn singer bas qualitics more solid and enduring. Her voive is not onl¥ ogile, but it is voung, iresh, td, sympathetic, and re- markzably even in its emission. Her intonation is pure, ber sotto voce almost as line as Nils- sot's, her plrasing clear and jnteiligent, and she never descends to trickery or artifice. On the other hand there is. a . natural sim- plicity and grace n_ her swyle that Tnake oué forget ter art. In all Ler work {tis apparent. that she is following cicselt in the foutsteps of that covsummate artist, Mme. La- aragme, who taught ber. ' If her physical Strength holds out, it is not improbable thatshe niay reacis 3s high du eminence in the world of Bone us that great artist. ‘*in the remaining re- quisite for Yocal success. that of power, the ab- solute purity and carryiug quulity of the voice, like that of Parepas. enable her to cope witlh the whoie force of choru: d orchestra. In the ducts and sestette which all for great power, she rosé graudly to the requircments of the'score. As au actress, ghe does not reach thic level of her vocal ability. She is a much greater singer than actress, and yet thereis a nement and delizatful nifuralness and sim- ¥ iu_her wersonation which will always commend her to the favor of an audience. = She Tias not a particle of staginess of of the stilted operatic conventionalitics which have become s0 tediously commion on the lyrie We have said thag her welcore ivas an entbii- siast:cone. Her very first arig; the “ Reznana vet Silenzio,” fncreased thot “enthusiasm into vaciferous applause all over the house, and its Pendant, the ¥ Quando rapito,” secured ber the rare tribute of an encore in the middle of the act, ‘Tne following duet with Edgarde_added to the excitement, and upon the fall of the cur- tain she was recalicd thre times amid very temoest of cheers. In the “Chimi frena” she et with another ovation, and at the end of the act was twice called out. Her fiiest suceess was in the duo with the flute in the last act, which was faifly dazzling in floriture, especially in the cadenza, which, we. believe, . Lagrange -wrote for her, and created such ~a furore that tne wholé house rose to the artistand prected her with. brovos aud cheers. At the end of tue opera the andience waited to call her arain before the curtain, and gave her o parting plaudit of cheers. The writer las witnessed every operatfc revresentation in Chicaro during the past twenty-five years, aod canuut recall 3 simflarly enthusiastic scene. Mile. Litta was supported by Mr. Adams as Edgar, who sang in his customary artistic and Fery dramatic style, though he was quite hoarse by the time he had reached his grand ariz in the act. The remainder of the support,-chorus ex- ceptéd, was weak. THE ADVANCE IN FURS AND ITS EFFECTS IN CHICAGO. The recent advance in the price of seal-skins in the London market bas caused quite a com- ‘motion in'the fur trade, and in order tolearn how the advance would affect the Chicago market, 3 TrisosE representative called on Mr. A. Bishop, of the firm of A. Bishop & Co., corner State and Monroe streets. Mr. Bishop’s forty-five years expericace in the fur trade make him an authority on all matters connected with the busincss, and he was interviewed as follows: 15 it true that the price of seal-skins has ad- vaiiced in the London market!” Look at these telezrmms,” said Mr. Bishop in reply, handing over about a dozen dispatches from the purchasing agents of the.firm n New York, Boston, and London, to_the effect that there bad been an ndv&hce of 60 per cent on the Mareh sales in Londo.. 3 “How will this advance affect the Chicago mar<ets” was the next query. ™ Dealers who bave vt yet laid in their stock of furs will be compelied to rise in their prices,” said Mr. Bishop; *“but I bave been expecting an advance, and we made larze purchases last spring and summer. Wewill not be obliged to buy any more to speak of this season, and forthie present at Jeast we will i1l all orders at the old prices. We handled a very” larze stock of raw furs this season. and we imported an un- usually large and fine sclection of choice seal- skuns direct from the best London dyers. We are, therofore, fully prepared to supply the de- mands of our castomers for first-class zoods, and to givé them the benefit of the lowest possible prices.” et———— MIDNIGHT ASSAULT. About 11:30 o'clock Friday night John Me- Yaughlin, of No. 10 West Taylor street, was assaulted on Desplaines street, near Taylor, by three young men, who held him up and rovbed huan of a couple of dollars in chonge and then handied him roughly because he did not have more. Officer William Casey arrested 2 well-known thief pamed Mike Monyhan last nignt, and charged him with the robbery. M. MecLaughlin jdentifies him as one of the par who robbed him. —e———— MEN OF MARK. We refer to the mén Wwho are clad in the stylish “suits of Mollan, merchant tailor, 83 Madison street. Cholcest. imported woolens made into busincss-suits and overcoats lower than ever betore in the history of Chicago. ——T——— THE EFFECT OF OPERA. on the public s2ems to create 8 genceral demard for music, judgtig from the tmmense sales of piaaos. One house slonc in this city «Peiton & Pomeroy) are selling about five per day “of therr: ‘mazaiicent uprights. . This don't fook much Like. hard t:mes. ~THE EXPOSITION. . Annual Meeting of the Stock- . holders of the Institution. P Reports of the Secretary and Preasurer---A Fine Shiowing. A Digidond of Seven Per Oent Declared— Attractions for Future Shows, The annual mecting of the stockholders of the Expocition Company was held at 2:30 oclock yesterday afterncon in the Exposition Building. Among those present were C. P. Kellozg, G. C. Clarke, J. P. Reynolds, Potter Palmer, Samuel Jolinston, Jacob Roscnburzer, E. G. Asay. Robert Law, Edward Guntber, Guorge Lafiin, B G. Stelle, E. 8. Suckney, J. M. W. Jones, J. Il. Dole, J. Irvioe Pearce, J. H, Stafford, J. -A. 3ldson, R.T. Crane,E. L. Jansen, and others. g First Vice-President Satniicl Johnson called the meeting 6 order in the absence of Presl- dent iTarris, to Whom he paid 2 complimént for fiis encrgy shown in behalf of the Exposition while he lived in Chicazo. Heslso congratu- jated the corporation upon its success Quring the past year, as shown from the reports pre- sented by the Sccretary und Treasurer. TREASURER J. 1RVING PEARCE presented his report as follows: . rECKIPTS. Baiance per lzst statement.. Restanrunt, 16 per ceat Termits. Art Hall, levator, 2ross Art Uall, catalogues. Cleopatra.. s 0o Réntal of building. Bills pagabl Ticketsales........ - Suudry other sources.. Total. .. o Digiiras X By paid warrants dwnwn by Scerctary and . countersivned by Auditor.: g 3 90,818 Dividends paid........ 14,917 Total... ... Balance oh hand. . 22 The repoit was reccived and ordered to vrinted. 5,7 pt be .SECRETAIIY REYNOLDS then read his annual report for the year 1878, which {s as follows: Checks have been drawn upon the Treasurer for the sum of $50,815.00, ‘They are classitied 25 fol- Account of L’?&slmmu_u, €3.665; rep: 2, 28 e personal_proverts, $7 borzowed), $7,5 $7,a00: €X total, S0, $18. \war cxvended: On account of 3,184; mechanical department, {money insurance, $3,90: Of tiis tolal th art department, OUT3TANDING LIABILITIES. Exclusive of capital stock, the outstanding lia- bilitics, £0 far as known or Uelleved to exist, are follows: Attorney's fee, in comuiection with « snccusstul application fo the United States Freasury Department fora remission of duties pald on impurted casts for art hall, estimated, $100; rental wates for tregsare, S60; duc Home of the Friendless by order Boara Directors, $100; balance due on dividend 1577, $62; other bills, estimated, §100; total, SH2. Deducting this total. of ontstanding liabilities from cash valance in the hands of the Treasurer, 23 Ehown by his report of this date, and there re- wains the net sum of $22, 042 d “the United States Tr Department has no- tafied thiz otiice of the decision o refund the du- tics paié on the casts imported and the deposit made us required 1n_connection with and pending 1he application for the sume, amounting inall to 1,550, "his amount will be pard over at an early da¥, and being added to the talance in the hands of the Tresurer will give the sum of $23,582, Comparing tnese ligures with the statement of 1877, the ‘Treasurer’s valance wus then §21,5573 the optstandmg linbilities estimated ut 31,146, proved tinally to be S1.239, leiving the available balance of §21,267, a difference of £2,515. CAPITAL STOCK. The certificates issucd to date represent full shares 2,365, fractional ecrip, representing full shares 140.14; undisinibated. ® belonging to the corporation; 4. B6: tutai cavital stock, 2,500 shares, I'ké number of sharepolders 18 466, an increase of thirty during the past year. DIVIDEND, The Bodrd of Directors at, their mesting yeater- ) declared a dividend of 7 per cent upon tue stock of record, the same to be payable onand afterthe 1st of December, prox. They nlso orderered the stock-books closed tor transrer at onceand to remain so closed until said Dec. 1. THE LATE EXIIDBITION. The late exhibition coumenced Wednesday even- ing, Sept. -, and_closed Saturday evening, Oct. 19, being held for the same time a5 in 1 The number of exhibitors in all departments was about 700. The whole number of patd admissions, not ncluding exhibitors or employes holding season tickets, was 205,505, being sixty-five less than in 1877. The entire ticket s: were as follows: in favorof 1878 & Employes, $2 cach . Total... 6,610 §70,0070 The average paying attendance’ was almost ex- actly the same 28 in 1877, or 2 lite more than 7.500 per day. The whole number of Expusition tickets sold by railway and other iransportation companies and collected ut the doors, amointed to 22,742, beingan excess of 00 tickets over lust yoar. 'The paying attenaance ot each of the last 1wo exhibitions—1877 and 1876—was very consid- erably larger than at either of the: exuibitions previousiy held, not excepting the first, the less- ened receipts being acconnted for entirely by the reouced rates of admission_and more favorable terms to the exhibitora. 1f thereare any who have been led to believe that the interest in these annual exhibitions felt by the gencral public bas declined with thelr repetition ~frotn year to year, they have bat 1o consult the figares and records to learn how far from correct is such an imuression. Under the policy inangurated at the ontset by the Executive Cowmitice, and adhered to ever sinte, of deserv- fng success by the liberal treatment of exhibitors, and securing for each succceding exhibition i portant, attractive, and instructive objects in the Feverul depurtmente, the interest and confidence of the peopie of the Northwest have been firmiy cstablished, and are Dot to be shaken except by the prevalence of less liberal views on the part of the management, a condition of things not likely to be realized 5o long as the present stockholders in the organization discharge their duty in the airection of its nilairs. TOE ART DEPARTMENT contained 342 oil-paintings and water-colors, Tmany of them of rare merit and sreat yalue, equal- ing, if not excelling, 11 Guality, a8 a’whole, any oreceding collection, Also. 121 photograpls by _American and foreign photographers. - In addition 1o these were about 100 casts of the most ccle- brated works of antique scuipture, purchased abroad by this ofgamzation, and designed us o first Etep in the formation of a permanent art-Tensey This purchase was recommended by te Stb Committee on the Art Department, and authorize by the Exceutive Committee tn the belief that the time bad arrived when such an en- terprise. if not actually demanded, was entirely justified as a measure of sound policy, and demonstrating the wish and intention of the orzanization to coutrioute materially to the limited facilittes for tne study of five artin this community, al the same time laying the fonnda- tion for an atrractive and permanent feature of the Tighest character for our aunual eshibitions. In obedience 1o an order of the lioard of Dircctors the art galicries were opened to the public on 1wo suc- cessive Sundaye at an admission fee of 10 cents; but for some reason the attendance wae not suf- ficient to warrant the enterprise, ond these exhibi- tions were discontinucd. THE MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT was uousually full of costly and juteresting ex- hibuts, embracing many processes of manufacture eatirely new to the pnblic. This mode of exhibl fion 16 rapidly growinz in favor, and adds im- mensely 1o the uttractions of this department. Again, the demand for space in thie departments of agricultnrel and general machinery was largely in excess of the supply, a condition of thinzs minch to be rezretted, but for the present withont apparent remedy. " THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS presented their usual proportion of novelties and fhowy displays. and contributed their full shure to {hie entertainment and inetruction of the visitors. "As u wholv, the latc Exhibition was more even and higa 1 quality throughont the several depart- ments than any of its predecessors: the building in all 1ts parts was foll, and the attendance from day fo day thronghout the entire term was cntirely eatisinctory to exhibitors. The applications for pace m the Exhibition of next year are already Juite numerons, and there Je nothing apparent to diminieh the prosperity and nsefalness of the or- Fanization for the future as compared with the ast. Pidiich portions of Sthe building nsmay be required for the purpose will pe let to the lilinois State Board of Agricuiture for the purpose of hold- ing a fat-stock show dammg ths first week in December next, the rental agrecd apon beng 10 per cent of the gross receipts of the exhibition. It 13 hoped and believed that this dis- lay will be merely the first of a long series of ex- ibitions similar in characterand parpose to that of the Smthdeld Cattle-Saow of London, and, shonld this expectation prove fo be well founded, The enterprise will be second - only to the Expo: ti0n 1n its importance to the city and conntry. 10 reanrd te the condition of the building self, 1t will reguire, in the opinior of competent author- some mot Yery CXICESIVE NOr very costly re- warrs during the ensuing yesr, particalarly in Tenewing the roundations and jower sections of & fow of the trusses, aud mlso- a portion of the main loor north Of the' centrai fouutsin. The t:n rool mhyaisc demand 8 coat of paint aud & iittle patching to render it waterproof in ail arts. " With thcse repalrs the building, it i be- Jieved will be in thorouebly good condition and D ey Wit gaansle o rsstig o effects f weatler and te The report was raceived. The Chair then appointed Messrs. Peck, Stelle, and Secberger 18 the Auditing Cominit- tee. . NOVELTIES NEEDED, i\,‘Xr. R. T. Crane offered the following: vueneas, The Exposition heretofore given by the Assocjation has been successful and Giistac: tory to the exhibitors and: the public ac_large, mainly by the fact thai st was an_exhibi- ton that was comparatively fiew In its main fentures to this section of country, This, hoivey- er, cannot be cxpected to continte if the futire diéplays are tobe simply confined to_ the same old Tines yenr by year. ~ So, 1n order to insire the fus ture snceess, 1t will be ‘dbsolntély necessary to add ;fir mr nlm_ny new nnulnovcl features to the dis- ay, involving u much lurger expendi mojey; therefore, be it i chitiretos Fesolved, 'That. in view of the fotegoing. it is the eense of jthie stackholders of this Assaciation that itisnot ‘deemed poiitic_or excedient that futare dividends #hall be declur®rto ixceed 6 per cent per annum, and that the Directors are mstructed 10 never declare any dividend exceeding ssid specified . Crane, in advocating his resolution, clifined that the dividend of 7 per ceht was equal to comgound interest on the dmount of capital stock, and equivalent to 8 per cent: Mr. Potter Palmér offered to seéll his stock ot 20 eénts oh the dollar, with 10 per cent in- tun}st_ lrisged.” Afr; Crané whs not buving stock. Mr. A, I Burley offefed the ing as e B 3 following as 4 Itesolzed, That the Directors be, and are hereby, requested focallz niceting,of .the swockliolders beiore declaring a dividend, in order ‘that the etockholders may dectde npon the amount of such dividend. A Z ‘This resolution prevailea, v . Messrs. Asay, Dole, aud Sceberger \mrc{hp» poinited n Committee on Proxies. . Mr. E. G. Asay moved that they %o_ iato an election of a Board Bf tienty five Dircetors, Curried. pointea tellers. ed ‘wm:, 1,619 shares beine represented avd Fotiug. It resuited as follows: Mohroe Heatt, J. Iivine Pearce, D. B, Fick, Gieorse Schbcider, T. P. Tallman, C. B. Farwell, J. I. Reyuolds, M. D. Wells, J. H. Dole, Totter Palmer, E. G. Asay, Jacov Rosenpe A. MeNally, W, 1. ‘Cuunfugham, J. N. Witherell, B. 1. Stelle, Marshiall Field, J. W. Steivart,; John R Samuel Johustoiy Atbers S. Gage, James Al Muson, Henry W. Farrar, Jolin Hall Do, Georae C. Clatke, 4 » The meeting then adjourned. THE -ELECTRIC LIGHT. Nir, Edison’s Successes and Hopes—He Is in Good Health and Excellent Spirits, and Is Pushing On Uis Vsperiments Viiorously. New Youk, Nov. 14.—To the Editor of the New York T'ribune: The Lribnne of this morning contains the following parazraph, which you will undoubtedly be glad to correct: FROF. EDISON’S EXPERIMENTS. Prof. Thomas A, Edison has ceased be: méents on [he Metropolitan Elevated Railwiy with u view to discovering come means of deadening tle sound, and has severed hie connection with the railwuy company. It is understoou that Prof. Edison is suffering from ill-health, and that he Iny also giveni up s expenments with the electric gh! 5 My relations to botn the Metrovolitan Ele- vated Railway Company aud to Mr. Edison, in respect to his inventons and discoveries in elee- tric lignt, give me opportunity to kmow the truth about these matters; and the pubiic in- terest concerniug them makes it seem a duty, to correct statements which I know tobe erroneous. Mr. Edison’s experiments unon the railway structure have terminated, because they are complete. His counection with the Company remains 8s before, under a subsisting contract oy which the Compsny bas o right to his advice and services at any time as an expert in acoustics. Mr. Edison’s fll-health, as I learn indirectly from his family physiciay, Dr. Leslic Ward, of New York, and directly from Dr. E. L. Keyés, of New York, who visited him professionally two wecks since at Menlo Park, was of 2 tem- porary character and not at all serioy For about two wecks past Mr. Edison has becu daily and nightly, as usual, at work in- his Isboratory upon the elecrric light, I spent several hours with him there ou Taesday last: He secmed inthe highest spirits, and in excellent health, and very enthusiastic over the result of his woric in elec- tric lighting. Sioce the state of progress in tnis work is of interest to the .public, I may avail of this occasion to state myunderstanding of it, premising that I am not au expert. As T understand it, Mr. Edison first discover- od some months since his new method of divid- ing the electric light; or. in other words, of taking the clectric current which by lone-known inethods produces - (through incandesecnve and slow combustion of carbon pencils) a single Tight equa), sa¥ to 4,000 candles. and (passing it over an extended wire) distribuzing it at numer- ous different. points 50 25 to yield at_cach pofut a scparate lizht of say fifteen candles,—~the ordinary gas-burner power. e then devised a form of lamp intended, in connection with other devices, to coable him to produce with the same current such number of scparate lights that the sunl of these divided lights would equal the sum of a sinzle light produced by tne carbous. Ilis first invention, @s it will appear in the first patents to be Issued, will bit inadequately show the novel discoveries and devices which he has made, even to this time; at which time, accord- velooment of electrical svience. In the mea time. the proper exhibition of what has alreac been invented, as well as the study of the eco- nomical questions involved, required the erce- tion of large buildings, engines, ete., which is now going on with the utmost rapidity. Pend- ing their completion, Mr. Edison, far from hav- iner given up his experiments, is_pursuing a great variety of them with bis castomary eneres, and even more than his customary good fortunc. Tn the meantime there is an juterest some- where to set ou foot false reports affecting Mr. Edison’s light, one of which, recen culated in an up-town club, I beg space to correct. It \was stated that an official paper, enanating from the British Patent-Oflice, had been seen, which denied 2 patent to Mr. Edison. The auihor of the réport would perhaps have been more care- ful bad he known that the legul period fixed for the issue or depial of such a patent has not yeb been reached, and that the cxistence of such a paper at this time fis ‘therefore impossible. Yours, GrosYENOR . LOWREY. Xete York sun. ¥ov. s. Griffin sent for Mr. Edison. 1 saw him com= ing down stairs throngh s glass partition. He was reading a letter_and dropped mechanically from step to step. X e hed not_been shavea for a week. is eyes were brirht, but his face and hands werc 500Ly. In onc of his brown studies he had planted his elbow into some overturned acid, and there was a large red spot on the siceve of bis coat. acid had nipped the flesh, for at fntervals he rubbed his elbow with some vigor. A red silk baudkerchief wrapped tight about bis neck was a reminder of his recent attack of neuralgia. This was brought on by intense application. Hesaid: *1 sat eight hours within a foot of an electric light equal to the light of 8,000 candles fusing thingsin the electricarc. Iwore glasses, of course, and completely forgot myself. When T stopped work my fuce was burned as though it had been_exposed to the hot ‘san. It was so sorc that I couldn’t wash it. Then the puins ook me in the back of the neck and the head. I don’t know whether it was nearalgia or some- thing clse. It makes no difference what they ¢all it. 1 bavehad enough of 1t.” & When asked whether he was ready to give the public the secret of his ijnvention for the sub- Bivision of the clectric light, nesald: *My pdtent in England is il right, but 1 have re- ceived no returns from the Continent. As soon as 1 am protected there, the whole thing will be made public. The invention is so simple that everybody can understand it.” “ Are you still confident that vou can produce an electrie light that will_be cheaper than gas and give as good a light?? T asked. “1'am more than ever confident,” he replicd. «I may sav I am positive. 1{am experimentiog night and day to ascertain the exact, cost, but 2m already sure tbat the light will be wiuch cheaper than gas. 1 have told you that Iam putting up a brick building 125 feet longto Practicaily demonstrate the utility and economy of my discovery. The buildinz will be_com- pieted within tivo weeks. Come out and look at it.” The Professor covered his head witha new felt bat, and we went back of the laboratory. Brick walls had risen from the grouod like magie. The building is almost ready for Tool- jngz. A hundred horse-power bofler is alrcady in position, -and the engine will be ou ne ground to-morrow. Mr. Edison engaged his engineer yesterday. It took but a moment. The manwas familiar with the éngive to be used, and came on’ from Boston anid‘applied for asituation. The Professor read his letters of recommendation. ‘‘Be here as 50on a5 you can,” he saia. “XI'll give you $3 a day and extra pay for extra work.” : e\mh this hupdred horse-power engine Mr. Edison proposes to light Menlo rark. He says Tie will start_in with 2,000 lights. He will use telegraph-poles, with arms across the tops, plaving fifteen Jights on =ach‘arm. The lights il be run aeross_ the plateau far out into the woods, *1 shall also put them in il the ‘houses around here,” he said, **to see-how the | 1iis bair was uncombed, and { ‘The | fvotnen folks handle them.” The main object 13 to ascertaln how many electric jets, eath &qual to ove iis-jet. ¢an be obtained from a one-horse power. The cxperiment will alsu enable him to discover any defects ahd make the invention completé before trying to adapt it to the sreat cities. “The thing cannot be dooe ia & day,” said Mr. Edisou.” *1 am working on a principlé without known laws to guile me, and the ex- periments deiand both time and qooey. They require & thorvuzh knowledge of chiemistry, metallurgy, electricity, the laivs of light aud heat, steam engidéering, magietism, ahd other sciences. They miust be made by a practical wan, who i3 conversant with almost every science outside of bones and botany. I can’t say that | am the mun; but [do say.that I have men with me who understand what L do net iinderstand. ‘The subdivision of the light is perfectly successful, and 1ts utility, to my wind, ah-\c_nu)_' %ss\u;ed." 2 No carbon is used in proditciog the light. Mr. Edison thinks that be will e it in practical operation at Meulo Park within six weeks or two months. **I see.” he added, " in this morn- ing’s Z'ribune that I have given up wy experi- ments with the clectric_light and severed my coimection with the Mecropolitan Elevated Railroad.” “*Where did they get their information?” I asked. et o A,El.er a grave pause he answered, “I give it Ground has been broken for the erection of a privite-office to the Jeft of the entrince to the iaboratory. The brick walls are already going ap, and the structare will goon Be completed. It witl cover @_brick_vault, in which vulunble papers and unfinishied nventions will be safe in case of fire. After gsserting the necesity for such a build- ing, the Professor took a fresh chiew of tobaceo, and went up-stairs tivo steys at a time. ' GRAPE-CUTTINGS FOR EXPORT. The efcellénce of the Arhetican grape-culture i n owledged by foréizn arowers, and this season some 200,000 cuttinzs wére purchased at fammondsport, Steuben County, N. Y.. for transplanting in the lending French vineyards. 1t is this superior quality of the grapes used that gmves the productious of the Stenben County Wine Company such an enviable reputation Among wine cohnoidscars. Dépot 170 Madison stret. P b i e _ .. TO MAKE A JUDICIOUS SELECTION and sécare ' good gold or silver watch for the léast fuoney, gowhere afine assortment’s Lept, and where the advico of an Lionest expert can be ob- tained. Hamilton, Shourds & Co.. 66 State street, corner Randolph, huve full lines of Waltham, El- eln, and Geneva watches elegantly cased, and theif expenses are so hzht that they are able to make pricés 50 low that to compete with them would drive every other State street concern into bankruptey. —————— ] BARGAINS, Lipman, formerly corner Monroe and Clark strvets, fe niow located southeast corner Madison and Clark streéts, Room 3, over Boston Clothifie Store. where he proposes to sell zooda cheaper than other dealers. , Now on hand for sale a lot of forfeited .goods, consisting of gold and silver watches, jewelry, chains, dinmonas set in pins, rings, studs, and gets; in fact, Lipman 1ntenas to satiafaction. sell bargainy, and as usual will give —————— ANY ONE DESIRING ARTISTIC PHOTOSRAPHS or copics finished in Ink, crayon, or water colors for Christmas présents shonld go to Mosher’s Art Gallery, 125 State strect, as his work 18 superior in Style #nd finish, and at low prices. Children 2° apecialty. THE LATEST IN SEWING MACHINES can be seen at No. 135 State strect. It is the *+Silent-Feed " just attached to that wonderful No. 8 New Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine. Tne only lock-stitch machine that is noiscless. Sittings by appointment, — _A Stiteh in Time Saves Nine is trag of old coats, and mouths. When the for- mer showa the first defect take a **stitch™ and always keep tue mouth right by using Sozodont. it¢ostsless foranew coatthdn oeet of teeth. Falee tecth arc not 8s pleasant as natural ones. T Y1nks, LIQUORS, Etc. A AN SN e Ligus & Sweet Catawba & Port Wine, $1.50 per gal., 30¢ per Lotile. CALIFORNIA Anoclica, Porf, Muscat, Madeira, Malaga, Tokay, and Hionut Viveyard WINES, VINTAGE OF 1873 AND 1874, $2.00 TO 82.25 PERCAL. These Wines are specially rec- ommended for sacramental, me- dicinal, and family use. They are the pure juice of the grape. BOURBON WEHISKY. PER GALLOX. 33 Nelson County. Spring 187 Nelson Connty, Spring 1} Nelson County, Spring 187 Ard e fall stock of Sour Mesh Whiskies from the mostnoted distilleriosin Kentucky. IMPORTED COGNAC BRANDIES. Jamaica and St. Croix Rum, Holland Gin. Champagnes, Ports, Sherries, Clarets, &e., &c., &c. SEE SPECIAL PRICE-LIST OF THIS DEPARTMENT C. . SLAGK WHOLESALE AND RETAIL MARMOTH GROGERY HOUSE 109 East Madison-st. Branch, 210 and 212 North Clark-st. (corner Superior), Chicago. Send for price-list of the most extensive stock of Foreign and Domostic Groceries in the Northwest. NEW PUBLICATIONS. The Dounelley, fassette & Loyd [LLINOIS YEAR BOOK AND ALMANAC FOR 1879, VIl be tssucd abont Jan. 1. Itls designedithat this ook shall contatn information suited to the' wants of | &l who may desire stntistical know ledge. In short, It S be o Hgnd-Tiook for the use of Merchanta, Busl- Tess Men, Farmers, Lawyers, and Politiclans. Tt will contain s sketell of the life of many ‘prominent Tilinofsans. and 3 complete manual of Masonlc organtza- tions In the Tiinuls, Those who desire to ob- {ain aidvertlsing rates can doso by calling a: Foom 1 Lakeside Ballding. TO RENT. TO RENT. CLARK-ST. STORE, NO. 126. e st Room 1, on premises. Icg CATARRI RENEDIES. Oftensive Dreath, Headache, Asihma, and Bronchitis. Sold by druzelsy, Sample free. Otfice, 70 5tate-st. HDKF. DEPT. Hdkfs,, in Col’d and White Centres, at 16¢. 100 doz. XLadies' All-Linen Hemstitched Hdkfs.; full 5-8, at $1.75 per doz: 300doz. All-Linen Hemstitched Hdkfs., very fine, at $2.26 and $2.50 per doz.; former price $2.75 and $3.50 per doz. SILK FRINGES. Examine our Blk. Silk Fringes . at 50, 65, 75, 8bc. 100 pes. Fine Fringesin Whale- - bone and Silk at $1, $1.15, $1,25, $1.35, and $1.50. ook at our Silk Fringes at $1.75, $2, $2.25, and $2.50. Any of the above will be found, on close inspection, to be fully 15 per cent below the prices asked elsewhere. 1,000 GROSS FANCY PEARL BUTTORS. Fine Natural and Inlaid Pearl Buttons at 20, 25, 35, 40, and 50c per doz. Buffalo Horn Buttons, Inlaid with Pear], at 75, 85¢c, and $1. TIn addition to the above Great Bargaing, we shall receive during the week abont 500 gross of fine Camco Pearl Buttons, elegantly engraved, at about balf the usual prices. PARDRIDGES' MAIN STORE, 114 & 116 State-st. Deparimenl. HAVE OPENED, DURING THE PAST WEEK, AW GOODN! IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, AND ARE EXHIBITING THE FINEST LINE OF GOODS OF ALL KINDS, FOR AY - PRESENTS TLver before shown. Early buyers will find it to their ad- vantage to select from this stocl: while complete, and we can safely say that our’ us- sortment cannot be excelled, as for quality, styles, and prices. We have ALL FIRST QUALITY GOODS, Juave been bought at. Forced Sules, and must be closed out. =7~ REMEMBFR THE-PLACE. 122 & 124 State-st., JUST NORTH OP MADISON. SEIOES. amine our Fall Stackbefore purchas- ing. We willsbosw you the finest iu the city. Special attes 11 .“l‘to?kl" {1y . e = 2 eich e are ing ar reduce prices. 1 b Special bar- gaianin Pebble Goat utton and Sides | Lace Shoes. M. WHEELER & CO, 74 EAST MADISON-ST., Just cast of McVicker’s Thestre. KUMXSS. ARENDS KUMYSS OR MILEK WINE. Abeveraze or food foresersbody, sick or weil. Fa- ‘mous for 1 fatening and restorative power, casily di- ste, hizhly nourishinz. and grateful w 3 dellcate of Tritebie somach. Notulog elve makes fiesh aad bi xnd acrenisih so (3t Itoften restores bealth where ‘medicines fall. ‘Speclaily beaefictal {n Dyspemia, Eral Debiitey. snd al Wasting Discases. Send Tor b depot 179 Eant Madisor funs. _ A, AREND. Chemis Orl MEDICAL. HOMEPATHIC FAMILY MEDICINE CASES, Ana Works on Domestic Practice. HEADQUARTERS, . : Boericke & Tafel’s Pharmacy; 83 CLARK-ST., CHICAGO ¥ iars. Noagel ware of Imitai achich -