Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1878, Page 5

treated as o ¢jty. Nor Is he more kindly .')':‘,y'-):sml towands the German (lenefdls wno delay bombuardment, - The very highest pereon- aies in camp, including thelr wives, are rharply AERlwith for preferrme o * false Bumanity to- ward the foc ™ to quik victory and the aparing of thelr own soldlera’ lives, The *‘sentimental. §ip " of forming magazines for the provisioning of Parls after snrrender | T"“m criesl down, a1 calenlated to put off eaplitulation, I could be hard were T n King. Bat | am not one.” Wiien capitulation was at Iast accomplished by famine and cantion, the eatno man whose Im- pationee had mede him fadulge in such warm langnago was suddonly metamarphosed into a calm, moderats ucpotlator. fo long na his main poluts were yielded, details, which micht hase Jured o teas sagacions mind into obstinacy and consequent trouble, svere summarily dis- missed by bim. Ile loudly deolares afainst roilling another drop of blood nicrely to fntirct tbe bumlllation of a German garrison in Paris. A TOLD SCHBME, R « A contInuous vulley of threats refers to thoe restoratton of Napoleon 11, Whenevor fhe French negotiatora prove futractable the Prince Jets fall the remark that there s nothing to pre- yent Napolcon summoning the French Leeisla- tare to Cassel and concluding peace with tho German Emneror and Parllamont abiding at Versalles, I'rom his converse twith Intimates we sec this was more than a passing threat; he really meant {t, and would baye attempted ft; tacueh (¢ 1 diflleult to belleve that tha wroject ceould have been realized ns long as 8 spark of patriotiem lived {n Fran; . ESTIMATE OF RNGLAND'S NERVE, When Russia canceled the Black Sea stipula- tlons In the Treaty of 1856 Lord: Granvilie ap- prenended * futtira complications fn copse- quence of an arbitrary action calling all treatics fnto questlon.” Thon Prince Blsmarck burst out laughing: §al knt Fnturs comolications] Parliamentary speechifying and all that! Toa timid to do any- thing! Thio nccent ts elearly 1afd on fatafo? That is the gart of pnmu'n)uuy a man cmploys when he meane to do nathing, Thera I as little (o foar from these English now as there was to hapo frum them fonr montbe ago, 1f they had forbidden i1t wien Napolcon declared war against us, thera wonld have been no warand no cancohing of the treaty of 1830, I zcally cannot sca that Itnesian atplomatists ate the vile, aishonont Intriguors they are rzoresented. Wore tlhiey as bad as thewr repu- tatlon they swonld not have canceled the treaty, but canetracted men-of-war In tho Black Sea, and given evaslve renlicn when queationed. Instead, they neeferred announcing their fntenlions, The date of this utterance is Nov. 17, 1870, Four weeka luter, on Dec, 13, the Prince revert- ¢d to the samo subject: The English Govermmnant will not sctuaily op- 020 the suirender of the Black Sea to Rasain and f’\u‘m\n Yet lhf‘)‘ are losth 10 approve, being straid of what pubile ol‘ulnlnnlun in Ennhnu might ey, Mr. Qdo Russel] rexmntm}'}v Taded to nn equivalent that ovwht (o bo accorded to Lngland. Jie.for instance, naked whelher Garmany would not Jointhe azrcement of Aneil 16ith, 185t, On niy tell- Inzbim that we urdly Interested enougain the matier (o do ap, e suggesica that we might engngo to temuain neatral [n any future canflict connected ®ith the question n hapd. T replicd that T wan no friend of pollticsl conjectnre, and that { pre- fezred to make our nction dependent npon circum- stances, Vor thie nresent we hind no reason 1o take an aclivo past n () 1 was, morcover, of opinfon that gratitude should be rocogn| ryin welght an polltles, - Tho prosent Caar had ways been on friendly terms with Gormany; Al tna, on Lo other hand, Lias heen very uneetiabl, nav, equivoeal: while, ns regarded England—wall, everybudy knew what reason Uermany bad recent- ad to” feel indebted to England,” The Crar's ariicable eontimenta wero bascd upon family tra- dition, not to mention the fact that our (ntercsia did nut clasy. OFRMANY AT RASE. TUpon Mr. Odu Russell observing that the future relations of Russle and Germany eould not he foreseen, Prives Bismarck retorteds (ermanv’s position tadiferent from what It uesd tolie. Wonre naw the only Powor thiat itas reus in bewatistiod. Having nothing 1o ask for onr. selves, we shall oblige no one, unlesa we are suro tucy will ouligy ua In retarn. I England requires anequivalent, lot the Dardanclies be epaned 1o all. Sucit an nrrangement will 2ivo ltoesla acceos to the M anean and _enaole Torkey to connt upon ed, The Americans, tuo, on_Entrudnced, would be . The Americuns went in lur freo nayigat und, were the Dardanelles apencd, would have ono motivo loss to side with the jtuestans. Mr, (ko ltunael] scomed toucquivuco, 3y private oplulun 14 thai IF the Toxstans had aaked more thay would have had no difiicuity 1n obtalning tacle Black Sea demands, On Jan, 23, 1871, the relattons between Ger- aany and England wero thus commented upon 0 the Prince’s after-dinner talk: Mr, Oto Russell spoke of an Rngllah gunboat aming un thy Sclng ctch the Engiieh families esléent o Parly, unprecedented de- nand, na was refused T The Uhing wae a seetext. What they realfy wanted was to veo i€ wo bad lald cown any torpedoes, The Bugdish are Teey ungry that we lave detentod tho French In a great war, swngleshanded, 1n thole eyce it 1s un- rerdonablo of diwinntive, despleed Prassia to pro- suma {0 o on {0 tho world, e fancted the ob- cct of Pruwaia'n existenca was to fight Kugland's ttles und get paid ror it A RUSSIAN AKECDOTE. From a previous extract it will have been per- celved fhiat It the Prince gocs In for o Russian uifauce s the most sultable for the timo being, ihis smlmm nreference does not lmply any per- wval affectlon for the Rusalan race aid Btate, n nmn( occastons he ainused his audienco by -acy atorles about the corruption of Russian Jlliclalism: Onu day I was walking with tho Emperor of Rus. #a in the Bummur (iaraon of St, Polersbqrg, whon somlng wpan a sentinel {u the centroof o lawn, I Mok the diberty of inqulring why tho men was xuudlhem ‘The Emuoror did not know, Tty djutant dia not know. The sentinel did no ¥, cxcent that he biad beey nrdl'Ll:d there. The Mant was then dispatctied to ask the ofiiger of watch, whoso reply tallied with the sentinel's, =*‘Ordercd.” Curlomty awnkened, military rect oras were searched without yiolding auy satisfac. tory solution. ~ At Inat an old serving man was routed out who remembered hearing hia fat Into that the Empress Catherine 1., 100 yea: bad fuond a snowdrop on (hias particulss spot snd given ordory jo protect 1L from being pluckod, No wiber device could bo muugm of than guarding iu byasentinel, Tho order onco lssued was loft in dorce for a century, ALMOST A MISANTUROPE, It any ono hablt of the Prinus Is more strong- Iy displayed than snother it his practice of speakinge disparagingly of mankind, rather from baughty criticlem than any superabundance of convictlon. A strikiog fllustration of this un- commendable weaknces is scen in his wisc saws upon the Jews, After running them dowa throuhout the book Lo ends by awnlag to an inclination to marry hia sons to Jewesses. For once be regnrds tho chosen poople as very nice Bmvulc indeed. It I8 true he doema only rich ewesaca cligible. His remarks upon tho rels- tlou between mon and wife gencroaity forbids us 1o quote. Omitting g torrjble eplthot applied to the King of tollund for intending to sell Lux- emburi to the French for money, wu pass on to *lat tho candid Chancollor b to say about diplomacy, public opinion, and the press. DAD WAY TO MAKE HISTORY. The Princa pitics historlans compelled to write Bistory from divlomatic repariss Most diplomatic reports may be defined as paper freely daubua with 1nk. 'I'is nulsance Incresuce with the length of the report. When 1, sends mo 8 ream of cottings from old new i ware such an fnu grtified by the ¢ reacy help | case o ug| : 04w olscap with eBusions uf tholr own the gricvauco Isaggravated. Poor fellows, ye who bave to write histury trom wuch verbiugal ‘T balieve i1 la nsusl o throw opens mrchivea to Investiators after thiry Years. Conelderine the litue fa bo culled from them peralusion might Lo given mucls earlier, ven If cuntalnlug dnportant matter, ¢ispatches and reporta are unlutelligivle to the uninibiated. After & Japae of thirty years, who fa suficiently Sciualuted with an Anbaveador's views and uvtivne 8 repurts aright? And who, after so many Jears, can underioke ta explaln what Gladstone, Srauville, ur Gortschakoff mesnt by what the Am- basaador repurts? Much more nay bo re from tha nowspapers, which nre frequently made dte of Ly Government and sa 8 rule spuak more opeuly. * But oven Lhesu cannot bu correctly iter- Preted without adequate knowledeu of sttending Circumatances, Wharls roally golog on 14 trans- Rittud [0 private lutlers and coutidential communt- {allune, wrilten aud oral, bub pever secordvd in archivas, CABXLESS OF PUBLIC OPINION. 11 the Priuco has not wuch o wuy in favor of tho unllnurr run of diplowulists, Lo still less ro- tpecta publls opinton s Tho Barliners always oppose Government., They Yould not think they were up 1o the mark i Rot Yiser thau the Govarnumont on all aubjec They iate wany guod quslitics, are brave s bat ncurrigile’ censrs. In«olul of fact, It {8 thy fawe tu all large towns. Where uany cougreyato, udividusl character (3 lost in the wass, Opinions Ar¢ generated by talking, and 1 eniny, aod read- ¢ With no flrmer basta then common report. = ”lrwn, weolingy, sud conversstivne comuine {0 aku thess airy nothioge sppear somothive vol- fand worlh baving, A false seb of notioos is {ated, w vublic auperstition 18 creatcd and planted neraaically, Peoule cradit what is ot, swear by i decus it thelr buunden duty to sbide by it, sud Sstupan euthuslann for absurditics. It I Aauwo I all largo citics, * The Lundon cockney Sery different fudividusl from su ordiuary Engli l\zln. Similurly, the Copenliagencr, the NH vrker, or Pasisian is distinet frum bis provinclal Wulnuvmun. i [ The Varisleus espogially uie s sup- ut traditignal, A3 kfln 100 pages of bis diary Herr Busch owns to iug fustructed by tha Prince Lo write 1o news- Fapers u?:n cveuts end vonsideratious cou- ‘A BEPTILE OF TUN PREYS.Y Bected with tha war, One eveulng, we are told, Le Prince gent iz tlmos for bl accretasy to Bive orders for slx distinet effupions, Auolber $Yening Lis Wierary fricnd bas to telegraph to u rhin payer thas Lho weueral elecjlons for the Gerwan Pyrituneut will be beld sbortly; o Seud un urticlo of the Varls Francaia to the En- b presas to write, to the Versalles German {fusitsur alout b odirare committed agatint @ “TOaY nurse st Lil; 10 cumuuicitle with £otiations than the Berlin, and let them kpow that 1L Iy owing to eircum- result at_once of josition, lotellligence, wnd in- dustry, exist,” deapite the slur east u; correspondents by Prince Dfsmarck: & Britlsh newumgur would not were Jarda turns up, Xayaal 1s rflmr’lml kilted, aud THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: T EMBER 3, 1878—~TWELVE YAGES, er child Marcelle had sccented Imwllllnlf to infiict on another woman the agonv shu had auffered. Tais [s & terrible revelation to Fabrice. and Marcele, morcoyer, tella bim haw she wan compeliod to reveal Jt to bim in order to keep It from his soma other foprnal about the breseh of tealtty attributed to the Luxemburg Govern wment, ele.; and all this amid the excitement of & panguinary campalen and In the turmoali ofa camn larger than any the world has knuwn. For an airy nothisk VPrince' Bismarck took a mignty deal of valns. In his anxlety to | mother, The way in which all this Is told fs in- direct that public opinfon he pretends to | tensely dramatic, and constitutes & powerful despise the Prinae takes tender Interest in | scene. Marce'eleaveathoroom Justasthemother {ferman lournaliam ‘as distinct from the En- Hsh. On Feb, 4, 1571, e laa his mornry‘munu- ensfs calied in to ask how je s that the London papers are better Informed about mu‘suu: np- lerr Basch replies that Enclish mrrns‘mndunu ave much momney, are ublquitous, sand belog, moreover, well fur- nlahed with letters of introduction, have lpcch}l factlities for licding oyt a wrreat deal, » Bat 1, ays Buach, * had no right to divuige more than Lwas told." To which Blsmarck replies; Well, then, writa occaslonaily tpon the subject erters, nud gocs out by the garden, The con- spleators hero coms Info jlay, snd Marcel'e s arreated as w thisf. Money i found atout her, which Habrics hiad given 1o motile his father's obligatfons, aml a lotterof his father's to Alar- cete containing endearing eptinots, _Wareelie in- siats on Fabr.ce belng sent for to catablish her Innacence, fle declares that ahe has come at his request, and that the leiter on the table, which he does not know has heen opened, has beenwrittenby him. Whenealledpon to explatn the endearing cpithets, hefs naturnlly st a loss for an excuse, apd 18 torcod to assort, In the presence of hig bride, that Marcelels his mistress. Tho marriage is, therefors, broken off, and his cnemics so far have trininphuds hut Madama de St Andre's brother, HrocAat, has gone to Paria in the gatno train s Marce'le, and lins found ont that she Ia not oniy 8 well-canducted but hghiy- accomplished I When Madamede St. Andre hesrd this, and e photogrraph of the child, her maternal heart §s touched, and she implores the son to inake tho wouau the only renara- tlon In his power. ‘Ilis he steadily refuscs do, snd as obstinately = decliurs to flre any other explanation of his conduct han that he no longer cares for Marce'le, The lovers have an interview In which Fabrice en- trests Gabrielle to have falth in him, but de- clinos ta cxplein bls conduct. This s one of tns most striking scencs in the play, and brings the act to an cflectlye close, The last Is devoteid 10 the ineyitable denouement, which is brouzht sbant by the simplest and most natural means. The date of the signature to the reaisiration of the child's bieth proves that It was the father, not the son, who was guilty, and Wudame de St Andre forgives her husband, and so the cur- tain falls and everybody ls Dmu?y. It may by scen from this imperfrel sketch that nthv has many points of emotlonal in- terest. Butae muere synopsls can convey but o meagre tdea of Luc work. ‘There Ia in some of the scenes an abundanco of- broad eomedy, which contrasts vividly with the scrlous, almost tragic, portions of the story, and = in these tho chief aharo s atlotted to Mrs. Marfe Wilkins, wwhose persona- tao of the infschier-making town rossip was one of the successes of the cvening. Mr, Clarke eave a strong, manly delfenation of Fabrice, and Siiss Linda Dletz ennctea the jort of Ararcele in 8 manner that called forth distinct and rc;:unm: rounds of applause, Miss Fanny Morant as the dignified mother, Miss Ida Ver- aon as the futriguing polfticlan, aud Miss Nina Varfan as Qubr.¢ le, aro deserving of ungualiticd commendatlion, The performance throughout was romarkablo for its symmetry and smooth- ness. The play will unqlestionably command an extepded run bere, TOFE, MARIE ROZE CONCERT, The concers givon by the Marls Roze Troupe, *tances, and no faylt of ours, it lLondon Journala nre hettor informed than the Berlin oncs. It 1 rather a vague Interpretation of success foattribute to * circimstances” what is the The German Empire may coutinue to n Wls diplomatic thy l{diwr to enter- taln as b ad an opinfon of h e AMUSEMENTS. NEW YORK. #peeial Dispatch 1o The Tridune. New Yorx, Dec. 2.—Kate Claxton began to- night ber lessceship of tho Lyceym Theatre. The play which she chose for hey opening per- formance was Mr. Charles Reade's **Double Marrlage,” which was dramatized by hiny from his own story called “White Lies.” TIt-ls freely stated that he originally hooked thenovel {tself from a French vlay. It that ja 80, hus pregant drama stands semewhat (n con- trast to his recent writings an the aubject of Werary viracy. ‘The play Is long apd very talky, It doals with the complieatipus srisiyg from & double narplage. Jusephine Do Davre paire, whila really 1u love with Dijardin, whols supposed to be faithlesy to Lis betrothal, mayp- ries flaynaly 2 brava soldier who has just pyr- chased tha munston of her rulned famlily. He departs immealately for the war ip Egvpt, Ju- Josephine matries “her ol over privaze- Iy, The real husband relurns a yaor Iater, siter Dujardin, tau, has guns ta the war, and tlnds his wifa caressiny o child, e don't say, ‘*Who's been hero since I's been gone!!? but he aaks o somesvhat similar question, and Josephine's sister flose clalms the baby as her own. Tha husband returns o the Held of hattle, Jlyjardin Is hoosted into heaven, presuiuably by & tremendons explosion ol gun- powder, aud thy husband goes back to the bosum of his family. The play is strong in mang of its dramatic polnts anuy ltustions, but (t Is full of what mav be calicd * bunkum." With a great deal of pruning it will achieve success, fhe tmmense oudience gathered to watch its fipst production stamued tho drama with thelr ape proval. 'Fhe setors engaged In the representa- tion were Frederick Robiuson, IL B, Polllips, aud M. W, Lefingwell. Tue ladies in {ho vast wero Alice Dunniug Lingard, who does the much-marrled wifo with gieat strengib, Mrs, E. L, DavenuuigYana Kate Ulaxtan, Charles Ste- venson was wiso somewhere in the east, and va 4 three-shiect poster in front of the theatro. Hoat Club, ut McCormick Ilall, was nttended by a very large and Lrlillant audisnce, and was a very satisfactory entertaloment of ita kind, The platforin wos decorated for the occasion In & very tasty mnanner by the Club, a large stand ported upon a cluster of “spoons at ecach end. Bbe recelived a very enthusisstic welcome, Mr. Robinson's performance was the best | and was as captivating in mooner as ever, thing ~ of the Flfl* and Mrs, Liu- | Hor numbers wera the grand aris from * Robert gard's rauked pext, The dressing was of | tg Devil,” ana Cowen's ballad “1¢ Was a courss superh, The scanery was better than sumg I hu'ra secn, and worse than some. Inan extorior set, the back flat, which contalned tho Goddess of Night and a large lake, peralsied in wobbling trom alde to side until the audienco falrly moaned for a modern Joshua with influeuce , enough totackle the moon. Miss Claxtun's terny hos, on the whole, opened auspiciously, Bl Is » ereat favorite ™ in New York, and oughit to prulit by it. t the Bt. James Theatre tho largest part of the late French Onera Bouffe Company beszan a briaf scason to-night under the mansgement of Mcaars, Heury, Worthelmor, and Durand. The manugers liave becw working very quiesly, and have succecded In getting tozothera veryatrong and sttractive corps of arttats, The material at their disposal was very vouuninous, and of good quality, The best members of tne orii- inal party forn tho nucleus of this one. Mile, Zulic Well, who mada the best fmpressfon of auy In the first campany, heads the list, She sang fu *Girafle-Ulrofla? to-night and was rapturously applauded. The rest of the com- auy eerve to cumplete au organization which s inlly equal u oyery detall to mny we hove had In Amerlea, ' ‘The next production will be Lecocq's Iatest sucvess, * Lo Putit Due," 8(1l anutlier opera is In rehoarsal, At Lhevlase of thelr acason hero the company will take the road, and Chicago will see thein later fn the secason. “MOTHER AND BON" AT HAVER- LY'S, Dream, grace and charm which are almost jeculiar to her, These qualitics, howover, were moro alluring In the bellad then (0 tho aris, which nceds 8 breadth and larzencss of style andn koack in making effscta which hardly belong to her legitimately dramatic style and fluent, sustained alnging, Hoth numbers were encored, and In repty she sang **Comin’ Thro! the lye " and_tha old Parcpa batlad **Caung [le’d Noth- ing Blse to Do™ with dotightiul noivete. It is rare that o concert of thls kind wiyes us two tenors, but upon thia occasfon Me. Karl, who, we belleve, 1a not a member of the traue, ap- ieared and reinforced Brienoll, The furmer op- Kcaro&l in & duet with Mr. Carleton,—**Tha Moou flath Ralsed Her Lamp Above,” from tho **Lily of Killarpey,"={n the triofrom * Attila™ with Mme, Roze and Mr, Carleton, and in the Tonizettl arla ** Atma Soave.” The latier was .encored, und In respoves he sang A Lallad, *Hy the Fountaiy,” In genuinely-good ballad styie. 'Tho ol veteran Briguoli recetved & rousing welcome, twive or thrive ru{‘wulml. and mado g success In the * Wappari " that ro- called some of his old triwinpus in opera, The Success, howeyer, irew out of old assoclation's sake, rather than from the \h-ll\'ar,r af the aria, a8 he was hoarso and sang with ¢ifort, e was encored, hawever, and replled with the fanitlar ballad, **Love Once Agoiu, which added one org curlosity to the llst he bas given us since o was scized with the manta for Invadiug the realm of ballad musie. Mr, Carloton’a firat oumber wrn Barri's ** L'Ombra della Croce,” o very effectivo song, bug closely modeted after Faura’s * Rameaux,” to which, howerer, it Is The large audlence which asscmblod lastaven- ing at Haverly's Thentre was evidently ina nroper maod ‘to welcome, for the firat time at this thoatre,—~not the first time In Chicago,~tho Unlon Bquare compauy—at Jesst = very | inferior. He sang it very well and Iy excellent Important seclfon of ft—in thelr first | teste, "3 encores were tha order of tho 0 evening descryed one, but fatled to recelvalt. presentation hiepo of Bardou's latest work, o sticcecided, hawover, lu getting . ong " " J b Mother and Bon 1t s wiways an | qor ma' flmsy ballad, “Tho Tar's sgreeablo (hing to have to record nn}eenn. and K.rg:, L [ l:nx;‘ nirl rfiv:mi:uc!?‘\l; * Nani 3 ved to be ,—cleas ro- | Lee,” and replicd with Mattet's ** Non e ver.! hia oas proney et The' novelty of tho concert was tho debut in nounced, emphatic, yery palpable bit. The ap- plause which accompanied the performance was generally dlscriminative, frequently enthusi- sstic, and, on the whole, was an unususily eritical estinate of the artistic oxcallence of the entertajnment. Floral afferings were band- ed over tho faotlights In profusion tq manpy of the Iadica of the company, who are recognized favorites in Cbicago —Mrs. Marle ‘Wilkins, Miss 1da Vernon, Miss Funpny Morant, this city of Mr, Mark Kalser, a young violinist, originatly from New Orleavs, Wo belleye, who bas been studving in Parls, and an artist of ex- celleut promise. g numbers wero Alard's fantasle on_**Maganiello” and the Andante moyement from p conerto by Bazini, both of which werq encored, In the” former ho dis- played a very spirited style aul facila execu tion, but his best cffct was made in the latter, ;n thch ho played with fluo feeling and excel- ent tone, 1" success with the audicnce was {2 ble, and was {n reality thy most Miss Linda Dicts, and Miss Nina Veran,—whilo | Sninistskable, and was n realicy tlis mo Qeorgo Clarke, who (s Jess familiar to Wasteru :é'r'-?m: ll;z ‘:'l.nmfirn ot :hu nruur-mm.g sudionces, had the* satisfacting of creating s ecnuine admliration through his manly and vig- orous fmpersonatiou of Fabrice, the principal character n tha play. In a word, we have rarely secy, since the production by g company of “A Celebratod Case,amora distinet public fndorsement miven tb o performance than that ;u.mrdml to the author and the actors last oven- g, 'his drama, which {s an lduguunn by Mr. Cazauran, s pretty generally conceded to b among Sardou’s strongest and most flnished prodactions, snd we find no resson to demur to the public verdics so emphatically ronounced both in Parls and New York, The rat two acts sorvo maluly as introductory chiap ters, and ore rather bare'of dramatic ntervst, but lead up to a succession of situstlons thast fully atone for the prolixity and dryness of the prologue. After the sucond act” one settles down in his scat with o desire to become Letter acquainted with thess personsies, and # determination toscc how the complication 13 going to-end. “The story {s quite an interest- Ing one, and will bear telling, " Tu say that it fllustrates the proverb, **'Tha evil that men do lives alter them,” would hundly convey an idea of ite meaning, uor 18 {t probable that Sardoy meant to preach o sermon in five scts from thay or oy other text. I certaloly fuculcatos the moral thut & son who (uherils ls fother's wealth s also in duiy und to wcnr'. the responsibilities of " niy father's acts. Most peoply, buwever, will ex. cuse the surmon, and oceypy themselves with o nasgatlye, Habrics, the bero, & finy type of Ll-a French gentieman, fa about 1o be wadded to s protly coushi, Gubriele, Toe contract is about to be signed wheu ho rocelves & vilb from au old friend asent down by the Mioister of the Iuterior, and who fuducgs bim to stand in the fntaress of the UGovernment, as oflicial candidate for tho Town of Pout d'Arcy. Iis rival , the Mayor of the towu, whose wife is an swbitious, schoming, and unscrupulous puliticisu, Whila discussing tho proposition Fabrice te- celves o note signed by Alarce'le dubrey— werg ven to Mr. Ltebl 'l\.f" who ook Mr, Pease’s place and Fln)’cfl Aline, Rive- King's showy arrangement of thu * Vienna Bon. Lons Waltg ™ of Btrauss, tho Field Nocturne In A, and thu 8ilas (fayotte in excellent style, and an excellent olano, to play upon, - This evening the Baothoven Soclety will glve its first concert of theacason ut the same hall, and wiil perforin Mendelsaolin’ First Walpurgis N‘I}ht." Rubinsteln's **Watersprite," Gadu's “Bpring Mcssage,” and slx sclectlons from *Tanntisuser,” inctuding tho overture, the arla ot Wo'fram I thy first uct, of Elizabeth In the second, tho ducta of Fliaubeth and Tannhauser and of Ktizavah and the Lawdyrave in the svcond, and the march and chorus. AN ¥NGLISIIMAN IN AMERICA, The Rev. Ureoke Herlord delivervd a lecture last night stthe Church of the Redeemer, coroer of Wost Washiugton and Bangamon streets, upon: * Americs, Through an Engllshma Hpectaclea ‘The sudience was large aud ap preclative. 4 ‘Tue speaker started off with saying that when he had bean In this country about two weeks ho thought that ha was campetont to lecture about {t. After o bad been hera four woeks he began to doubs his abllity, and after a aix weeks' real dence he waa Inclined to hold bils tongue. His {mpressions of this land might bo classed The iniwessurablo vastness e inlxed and impertect condle sud the pussibility of s future waore mayuificent than that promlsed to any other land. In coutempluting tho vastness of tho posscsslous of this Governwcat, e thought of the lutenso strumgle that thy peopls werg carrying on with llfe; of the alnost too great uppasition offered Ly pature, ‘1hils opposition often left things {ncomplete and unuolished, vr:unl&ng & carlous abpearanco of combined atrenglh and weakness, o had pot falled to see that the Jife-strugile was carried oo with » wmaznificent urlnln-l‘[ly aud su tudomitable ea- & pame unknown to° bimessking Wm | erxy. ‘The great vastncss, aud the to sce or sl her hotel. This 9 obpositlon which that vastuess uffered, Le refuscs todo, bot suggests ag interriew with med 10 be an lucentive o geestesciforts and the lady at tha Lousa vt ha motber, the Haronsss | focreased determluatiun and euer, y. The de speaker described i fivet trip from New York t, Andre, whose family ledu 1s vuly equaled by ner love for her sop, lu all this thero Is megoly a mm‘f‘“u“ of future trouble, and the sccoud sct hardly does mora than fucrease the myatery. conspiracy {s begun Ly the wife of = Tvalawd and other desiguing women to defeat the nomination of ourfiem yenduvurlug to entrap hlis futo & supposcd lmproper acveuture witlh the un- kuown, who turus out to b s Parlsiau modlste, and who ls sent for by Madame 7radaud to belp to Cblcago, sud even farther weat, and sald that to vue sceustomed to English landscape the view of Amcrica’s uucut, untrhumed, un- cowbed exterlur brought 8 roslizatlon of the euoruiity of the strugle that had croated flelds in fureais and citivs ju wilderuesses. Ayain, & trip Lo the West bad brought the fmpression of the vastneas of Lha struggle that ado the groat plaius sud the wouutains beyood vot voly nowmlual, but integral, parts of \hé country, I Ler out of & dllemms sbout 8 cos- | every ccupatlon of 1ty be had noticed the un- tume, Fabrice and Maredls are broughs | tiriui, iuterminable Dattic that seumed veces- togetber sud Clariess louves thein mloue, st § asry 1o win the crown of success. He told vf he ue time eugaglug ber sccomulices | his observationa of Jifs amoug the _winers sud the sbeep aud cattle raiscrs, The average miver would tell you, after ho bad lcarued that be could waky votbivg vut of 3-uu by specula- tion, that for every doltar ho out by ex- peaded two dollais® worth of labor, and the stock-ralser would barrate to you the almost doubtiul story of the bardablps “and sufferings which be bud undergeue Lo geta start. En- Rlishwen caue tu this country cxpectivg so fud evurywhery (he oxazierated wouders of which verliaps they had beard fa their own country, sud wlter 8 boort exptiopce relurund gladls to t W walch thew, Warcells spproactics hiw, im- plores b (o grant _the Ioterview, and Fabdricy cousents o meeh her toat eveulug (o bls own Louse. The assiyvation i overbcard by the busy-bodles, and, us the curtatn fxlls, the audi- enca {s prepared for thy trouble thay has been browlow, 1u Ll third act the mecting between Habrice and Vured's tukes place, sod 4 now learu the see et fof the Hest twe, 14 1o that sbe was the wilo of bls father, and tiad & woo by hiwm, [u shiort the ol o bud cowmitied biguwy, bus £ Jast oveniug, under tho auspiovs of the Farragut of flngs, banners, and flowers inclosing the name of the falr singer In evergreen and sup- both of which she sang with that d refinoment and that rare intelligence by tho way had that uovelty tna voucert-ruom, their nativa land, Thoy found that here, as cla wliere, o wav in tho world must be mado by F:\tlcm‘ hard work, Ameriea was n fine country or Lthose who possessed tha aainn spirit of ad- venture that scemed to be & part of the native Amerfean, The npmahcrdnnlnml the wisdom of the English lanorer coming to this country tu encounter the hard conflict of several years' du- 1ation with labor's hardships, trisls, snd perhaps disappointments, the Jiku of which ha hal never known 11 nis uwn lamd, whera it was doubtful If in the nzricaltural there were to Ue found Lovels as despicable as the shanties of the ntner and cattic-raiscr of America. It might be xafd that he had thus far confined his remarks to horder life, It was true that ho had done ru, and that because 8o wreat a part of the conntry was of o “frontier " description. to be hanged on the 18th for the murder rlck Burna fn 1870, and James McDonneli to be execated on the same day, both of whom have filed applieations for commutatfon of the death- fentencato finprisanment for Jife. The prota- [ enrlched with vory notable atiroctt bilitles are that Kehoe's application will Champ dn Mars fn) Im’t’.tflnr:mla‘e'l"'.'bnlwénrr?eh: be unfavorablv considered, in whicl: event permanent exhibition and bazsar. In the ma- he will be hanged on the 19th. A writ of error seum of patencs, specimen machines of every sort has been obtained in the cass of Alexander | will be keot constantly at work, and manufsc- S’f'uru. of Philateiphia, who shot bis wife in turers will fahricate their goods in alght of the that city mbout a year sgo. The reat of the public, and foll them thero and then over retail applications are thase of persons of merely local | eonnte: As for tne covered Rotten Row and renown in the criminal annals. the swimming bath, they will prove Invaluahin oy boons tothose who hike to e Independentof tha BIIOOTING SCRAVE, raln In pursuing their favorite pastimes of Bpectal DipateA to The Tridune, ridiog or bathing. fehing a covered * Ratten Row " of three furlongs in length and one In breadth, and 8 awimminm-bath of ¢the sama dimensions, to mateh with it, on the other side of the Champ de Mars, it wiil be seen that Iarla is about to GrARD Rarins, Mich,, Dec. 2.—A epecial to e st ‘The eneaker described the American character § y £ as one goounding in restless, struggling, cager | the Daily Tunes of this city from Howard City, FIRES. centerofise, He adimired the greatness ol the | datedfto-day, says (hree men were shot thers miglity rallroad lines that fortned & network | this morning while trying to effect an entrance CHICAGO, over the country even to the Far West, o Den- yer, where five years ago thero was_no rilroad; aumired the enterprise that had bhulit the roads, the same chterprise that sent tho adventurous American to the table-lands of New Metico, the guiches of the Biack Hills, the cold waods of Dakota and Minncsota. e liked the rallroad-cars and engines, and il not like the tracks and baggage-smashers, [le eriticiaed the oppearan.e of the cities, towns, and villages, with the bad structs, flithy alleys. poor sides walks, and unkempt apoearance, #od attribnted the failing to tie newnves of the land ; mourned the sbsence of a leisurely class, the lack of rleh worthy uitizens who wiil terva the publia for the honor conferred thereby. He did not see any fixed polltical principles Iz the country, and thought that the wholc body politic must he rotten, if what the newspapers puhitshed about the leading spirits of the Government was trie. He dtd not belfeve it all, He criticised the fen- fevey extended toerime, and the fmprobability of punishment after consiction: admired the rellelon of the land, and It splendid and mnany churchee. sayine that . was fortunate thas the Biate tid not_support a Church, ** the Chureh.” He admired the apirit of self-relfant power man- {fest even fn the little children: wondered ot the force of the spirit of progress, and rejolved In the value set on education and its benefits. lle admired the spirit of rivalry and ambiion cven as it extended to the bullders of mammoth hotels, aud vielded the palm to Ameriea in the raising of the shrewdest, neat- est, and most audacious scoundrels in the world, Tha management of the rallroads wus | tspieal of the Wfe In America, In England there was g fine of $10 for walking on the rail- road track: the same for getting off tho cara while they were iu motion, Tho Foads there wers Senced 1o and wates operated ot the crossings, Ilero any one could walk on the track it he cliuse or et off or on the cars 2 he saw fit,—alwavs at his own risk. A board sln, + Lookout for the train when the hell ringa ov the swhistle blows™ was all the warning at croesings, Yot Lho soll-rellance of the Ameri- can citlzen led him to fecl a perfect sceurity in his self-management and self-protection, It would be fn vain to_attempt to make an sbatract that would do Mr. lerford's lecture Justice, It abounded fu humor and amusing anccdotes and critteinns, atid all so rensonably told In such a fricwllv spirfp the nudience Irequently fnterrupted the speaker with ap. plause, cspecially s he found more fo sdmire than to criticlse harshly fn this land, He closed his discuurac with the nrophecy that the Unfted Btates would outgrow all hier tinperfectious, and become the tiret of the nations of the eartn, to a disreputable house. They were Johu Wel- ler, of Wood Lake, shot in the wrist: N, Col- iins, of Pjerson, shot in the lez; and Cal Peas- ley, of Wood Lake, shot n the forehead. Peasley's wound [s probably fatal, The doctors probed it, and found the ball nearly twp tnches decp, but could not extract i, Maj Rounds aud wite and a voung woman In the house were arrested for the shootiog. ki BLOODY DETROIT. &pecial Dispatch to The Tridune. Derroir, Mich, Dec, 2—A lively row oc- curred this evening in a aaloon In the Polish dls- trict. Aluert Hommet and Louls Hommel, his 80n, wera in the saluon at that time, somewhst under the influence of liquor. Twastrange men entered, with whom the [lommels {mmediate- Iv engagged tnaquarrel. The strangers, toavolda fuse, retreated foto (s back room, but were fol- lowed by the Hommels, the younger of whoin flourished & butcher-knile, snd threatened to cut thelr hearts out. At this one of tic men drew o revolver snd fred at Alhert Hommel, the mlnez striking his bead, {uflicting probably a fatal wound. The assaflant was arrested. it i YAT IIEIFERS, Apecial Digpateh to The Tribyne, Dasviie, 1L, Dec, 2—~Ueorge DJumond, +John Hizh, and one Ingram drove a couple of fine fat heifers luto the city to-day, and sola them to one of our buvers, SBuspicious cireum- atances surrounding the casa enabled Marshal Myers to discover ‘that they haa stolen them from a fasmer In the south part of the county. ‘The men wero sl) arrested, and are now ia Jall, ‘The losses at the fire at No. 503 Falsted street Sunday afternoon ate stated by the Fire-Insur- ance Patrol report as follows: Damage to building, Henry Goll ownper, $50: unimsored. Damage to clathing of Morris & Goldschmidt sbout §0to 5 per_cent of $19,000 inauranco Diaced as foliowns Imperfal and Boston Under- writers, $2500 eachy Mercantlie of Cleveland, aud Firemen's Fund of Californls, 81,600 eac Kines County, Retere, Firemen's ‘Trust, Col monwealth, 31000 eachi Watertown and At- lantic Underwriters, §500 each, AT LASALLY, ILL, . Bpecinl Duvateh to The Tribune, LaSaLLE, 1, Dec, 2.—The roof of the resi- dengs of Edward Magulre, on First street, in this city, caugbt fire from & detectiva fine at an early hour yesterday morning, and was speedily destroyed, notwithstanding the prompt action of the Fire Departiment. Loss and _damage to Lutlding and furniture by fire and water cati- mated ut about $0; fosured, "POTATOES. A Discoyery by Commissiener LeDus. #Kpectal to Cinetnnatl Commereial, " Wasnuxorox, Nov, 28,—Bome months ago Gen. William G, LeDuc, tha Commissloner of Agriculture, was told by n gentleman who had resided for some yoara in Pern that A very su- perior variety of the Irish potato was produced In the mountainous regions lying immediately back of Lima, some seventy or eighty miles from the coast. He described these potatoes as belng of medium sixe, round, of a bright golden color when cooked, and of a delicious flavor, very different from that of any variety of potato kuown in this country. Mo ssid he wasol the opinlon that they might ba cultivated to advantage In this country, becsuse, although produced in the troplcs, the great elevation AL which they were grown, 7,600 to 10,000 feet sboya the level of the ses, madae the climate equal to that of the temperate zanes. The gen- tleman spoke 8o Lilghly of these potatoes and expatiated upon their appearance and flavor in such glowing terms that Gen. Le Duc became convinced that they wero of s kind hitherto un- known to Amerlcan ogriculturists, and thatif they could be Introduced fnto this country they woull be a great aud valuable sequisition. The kuowledee alsa that the potato Is indigenous to Peru and Chlll, and that the rest of the world hed Leen ' originally supplied from these cuountrics, was a further inducement to bhim to bellevo that an experiment n this di- rectlon would be successful, e nccord- fngly to°k steps to sccure a mupply, and witli that object addressed & communlication to the United me that fuactionsry to procure & sufliclent quantity and forward them to him at Washing- ton by exprees. The Consul promptly complied with his request, aua a few days ago Uen. Le Duc lind the atisfaction of receiving two crates of the potatoes In tolerably falr condition, aud obtained from them sbout two sud s halt LYNCUED, Br. Louis, Dec. S.—The Glols-Demoerat's Fort 8mith, Ark., special saya: “A fow davs ago, fn Little River County,a tramp named 1illeard shot a traveler from Illinols named Farrls for his mooey, Farrls, after Leing shot, rode 10 the pearest farm-touse, gave n descrip- tlon of the assassin, aud “died. A vpumber of uh‘lrz.e:'s_uu ed, caught, and bung ililteard to a THE OSIIKOSII BOYS. Bpectal Disvateh to The Trivune, Osnrost, Wis.. Doc. 2.—Jt has Just been de- reloped to-day that the safe In the office of the County Troasurer bms been robbod at verious times In the past vearof smallsums sggregating $300. The Treasurer did not make public the loss In Lope of catching the thief, 'Some ouc wlo has a duplicate key is suspected. THFE OTHER THEATRES. * Rosedalo* will be soen all this week at Me- Vicker's Theatre. Mrs. D. P. Bowers appeared at Hooles's 1'h:a,l’rc last eventng In ¥ Lady Audley’s Se- crel.! c8 FATAL QUARREL. 8. Lowts, Dec. 2—A speclal to the GlobeDem- ocraf from Boonville, Mo., says two men named B. it Daker and O, 8, Pitney- got §nto an alter- cation at Iligbee, Mo., on Snturday last. The Istter shiot and fnstantly killed the former. Cause, an old grudge. The Academy of Music and the Metropolitan were occupled with the usual variety verform- auces, . Oliver Dond Byron opened an epzagement at Hamlin’s Theatra lust evenlny In his new vlay n which by sustelus the part of Donald ¥ hushels of sound sced potatoes, fairly bristiin S BANK CLERK ARRESTED, witn cyes, and enough to furnish seed for lufi CRIME, Bax Fraxcsco, Cal,y Dee. 3.—Josoph Audor, | gng falr cxveriments to be made. fle Las si- recently clerk in the Agency of the Nevada | ready miven out u few for planting tn Californa, ; JAIL-BIRDS, Bank, Vireinia City, has been arrested tiers | The remander will be carefully presorved untii nest spring, when they witl be distributed atong carciul and compctent farmers in differ- ent States, In order to be sure that the potatoes recetved w;'rallu me which the gentleman had spoken of, Uen, ment snd inspect them. flo did so, and, after sclecting threo of the best, had them bolted in the Inboratory. When broken open they were found to Do of the kind he had de- scribed, They were of a deep yellow color and deliclous flavor, entirely different from thas charged with embezzlement of funds eatimated at from $50,000 to $107, THE FRENCH LOTTERY, Iow Prizes Are to Rench Twelve Million Ticket-Holders, Round-About-France Sketch (n Londan Ne The following particulurs of the definite ar- rangenients for the drawing In the grand lottery will, I think, be found correct. The prizes, whith now excecd 750,000 in number, arg to b divided into two categorles—the great sud Sptetal Dinsatch to The Tribuna. Quixer, 1L, Dee, 2.—Two. prisoners escaped from the County Jail in this city this evening, and aro still at large. They were evidently re- leased from the outside by parties who had full sols of keys to all the apartments, The out- side door of tho bullding was unlocked, also the fnner door, and the ccll-doars. 1 order to et out, howover, It was necessdry to remove two of the fron bars of one of the partitions, which was dong successfully, . One of the oscaped vrisoners, Charles ¥\ Van.Winkle, was sen- men present, and all agreed that §f they could be grown In this country it would undoubtedly tenced at tho last .tern of the | amall. Inthe former will bo fncludod all tho | DS Ereat pubiic benetit, Criminal Court lo ten. years In tho | prises excecding £400 in value, and consoquent- ul’e‘é‘t’lt‘;:vlll:zr\;'ebr’l;'m:l-(: -’nwlfrfl'l. ';{.'?n':z'f"n’w'. Tenlteutlary for steallng o load of wheat, but | Iy the twelve of £5,000 each; In the sccond inz to the roate over which the potatoes had obtatned u now trial. He'is Ave fcor sevon inches Ligeh, 80 years old, baa dark curly hair, and blue or hazel eyes, e s well educated, of pleasiing addresd, und 18 well knpwn to tho wholesale- lquor trade throughout the West, baviug been cugaged i tho busincss for some sime at Clu- clnuntl, Hla wife now lives iy 8t. Louis, The other prisoncr ia & colored man numed Allen, who was contlued for burglary, A reward is offered for thelr arrest. class will bo comprised the great masa of volun- tary offcrings. All the 12,000,000 tickets will have a chance of wipniur the * gros lots,” and ano ticket will be entitled to win any number of prizes. The drawing 1a to be mechanical, for it has Dbeen found that to draw 0,000 tickets from s mnumber of wheels would be a work of slmost interminable been broupht bere, they wera exposed to great heat, and were consequently somewhat wither- cd. They were carried from thoe place where they were grown lu the mountalns of Peru, to Limsa, on pack-mules, and scut irom that eity to Callac by rull. Thera they wera shipped ro Panama by steamer, nnd thence to Aspinwall by rall. Then they wore azaln it on board & ateamship for transportation to New York, and {rom there, azaln by rallroad, they wero seut to labor, Bo therearotobo seven whecls!n all, | tus city, It fs notutall surpplalie, therolore GRAND RATIDS, and thelr task will bo simply to mive out single | that, aiter pos through so many changes of Snecial Dispateh €0 The Tribune, numerals. Tho first wheel will coutaln the | lemperaturs, and through ffty-thrce degrees of Iatitude, and shut up for dass st a tlne Iu the liolds of vessels u the torrid szone, the po- tatocs should become deterforated, L‘ur plant- ing, however, they are In capital order, and there Is cvery reason to belfevu that the attempt 1o introduce them {nto this country will be successful. e OBITUARY, 84r Fuancisco, Cal,, Dec, 2.—Vernon H. ‘Vaughan, ox-Gaveroor of Utal, and late clerk ot tha Committee on Corporations of the Con- stitutional Conventlon, died at Sacramento yer- terday, Naw Outzans, La., Dec, 2.—The Right-Rev, J. P, 4. Wilmock, Blabop of the Diocese of Louislans, and a native of Virgiula, aged about 5, died suddenly ac the 8t, Charles Hotel at 7 p. m. from -m{oiuy, He arrived hero Noy. & from & professional tour through Northern Loufslana, seemingly fn good heslth. Yester- day he preached at Christ Church, and sdminis- tered the Communion. ~After tes this ovening ha went to bis room with the Rev, lsaac Marks, when his complained of Indigestlon. Mr. Marks pracured somo soda, after which the Blshop felt teer, It & cigar, and smoked awhile, when he was suddenly prostratcd with an attack of apuplexy, A physician was sent for, butthe Bishiop died in & sow minutes. He leaves a wity snd tbroe children, now residing near Charlottes- villg, Va.. Guanp Rarps, Mich., Dec. 8.—Herbort E. Wiicox, of this clty, a Jumberman, on his way here from Chicago last night, In a sleoping-car on the Chicago & Michizui Lake Shoro Hatlroad, had §1,500 In cash stolen from bis vost, which waa under bis pillow. Though the oficers have ng clew, yet thuy bave hopes of catching the thief. Petor Bhollen, convieted of the murder of Eugeno Naylor by the Circult Conrt in this clty, was sentenced to the Btate Prison to- day for twenty l’enra. The trial of the other alx implicated with 8hiellen fn the case will not ?m'xr until after New Year's, as the Judgo stated o-lay. Dr. Jacob Bentum, convicted of manalaugh- ter fn causing the death of Mrs. Zleleryn, of thisclty, by procuring an abortion, was released on payment of a tino of €500. The sentenca was fimposed ou him by Judze llolmes, ot the Buperior Court, to-lay, —_— A MYSTERY EXPLAINED. Bpectal Plipatch (o The Tribune. Durroir, Mich,, Dec. &.~The trial in ons of the clvil conrts to-day solved the mystery con- nocted with tho dirsppearuuce of Isane Logue and Plerre Dumoctitie, who lisve not beon sevo since spring, nud whose golnz away was su sud- den as to givo rise to suspicions of foul play. It appears tlat sre, Logue abandoned her hus- band in April. He suspected Iferre Dumo- chelle, a Frencumag, of baving diverted from him the current of his wife’s affection, and took ihe Fronchwan out for o sal) on the river. The Fronchiuan hias nover since been scen or heard of. Logue, on roturnlng (rom the trip, sold bis household eoods and sume property belonging 1o hia wite to onu Walter E. Buitth, after which be disappearcd, as sated. Mra Logue turned and sued Swith to recover the value of the !nod-, und testifytng fu ber own behalf charged Logua with haviug drowaed Dumochells, and thie baving fled to svold areest. ——— INDIANAPOLIS, Apecial Dispaleh ie The Tritune InpravaroLts, Ind,, Dec. 2.—Lust night a boy 14 ycars of ave, named Armstrong, son of the keeper of a low hotel, critinally assaulteda Nos. 1 to 12, inclusive, and f will tell the scries of the winning numbers; thus If the first number drawn he 0, for {ustance, that will mean that the first amoug tha grand ?‘flln- will fall to & teket belouuing (o the uinth lisue of 1,000,000 tickets, Tbo six other wheols will each of thous contain tho ciphers from U tod inclusive, and they will compaso between them all the figures of the differen tickets. i explaincdin a former paper how there would be s small boy statfoned at each wheel, and each boy drawing a tleure, the comhination of six .figures thus fortned would coustituty the * numbers "—c. ., 000,001 or DOU,0. ‘The first or “mcrial* wiicel will only ba used for the drawing of the grand prizes. As Roou us these have all boen won the drawing fur the smalicr prizes will be conducted on & slightly diffsrent method, Twelve “magazing ' or stores of these minor rizes will bo made by parceliog them out as ustly us possiblu foto that sumber ot alint- wments, 80 that each magazin ey havo a slinflar nuwoer of prixes. Fuch prize will bear a nuin- bory not correapondiug Lo the fizures on the tickets, but a simple ordiual, Nuw, when the deswing for tho mluer prizes commences, twolve prizes will Je awarded every thne a num- ber is registered by the six whecls, beeausy each sumber will bo * good for the twelve scries of tickats, Thus, If the Hrst uumber reglatered by the wheels (lu the minor drawiogs) be 111,111, that will IIEIIHL that the twolve hollers uf tickets thus numbered (one for cach suries) will each of them be entitled to the prize marked W1 in thelr respective *inagazins.” 11 thiy be platn the reader will see that the sit whocls gt go on &clllulf' numbers 80 Jonie aa there are rizes In the Ymaganine,” If cach stors fln 60,000 prizos, this will necosshiste the ros volviug of the whoeels for the mlnor prixes Aluo 60,000 tivies, OF course the drawine will Iast some woeks st this rate, If {4 begin on Now-Year's Day,-—and 1t Is hardly poasible that the Commissioners can be ready befora that date—the clearancs of the “‘uarazina' wil not be elfected befora tho lat of March, 1t s soon, Une comfort, us above sald, 13 that cach ticket will be privilcged to win any pumber of vrizes. It may carry off, if it bave the luck, aull the grand vrizes, und after that voe-twalfth f_tha smaller oncs. This magnificent opportunity teads to mal the luttery moro aud inore attructive, and mugy people Keenly to regret that the Commis- stoncrs should have been canstralued to limit Shclr lasucs to twelvo mitllons, 1t was Al LATE LOCAL ITEMS, Coroner Mann beld Lis first inquests yester- day upun Thomas Fisher, 60 years of age, who dled of oxposure and chronjo aleohollsm i a packiug-houss near the Halstea street bridge, avd upon Patrick Farley, who was found drowned in the North Branch of the river near the foot of Wauhanils avenus. A Jury wus Impanclea in the case of the deveased police officer, James Keon, but tho nolding of tho inquest wi »ouunnuulndellnuely. At B0'clock last cvenlng = stabbing occurred |u a saloou at No, 100 West Erlo stag kept by Audrew Nokelby, betweon Charles lookerson, the bartender, and Peter Gunderson, uatreliug 8s (o tho payiueut for s round of riuks. flookerson was cut by Quoderson fu the left srm and lett sido, and tuc latter wouud {8 considered qulte serious, thoueh giel of 13, tn the strugglo steiking ber in the | & ok not uecessarlly futul, Dr. Bockius atteuded faca with » stons aud brenking the cheek and {:“;ffl‘d’;‘,flf o ‘::"',.‘,‘:d.,}},"..f‘f"flgm,'fl Wi, - Gunderson wnd Tookerson are both sbout 24 years of sge, sud sre bupchers by oe- cupation.” Gunderson was arrestod and lucked up st the Weat Chicugo Avenue Stativn, the bones of the noss, and putiing out one of hereyes. 8he fs very badly hurt. Tbe boy, when arrested for the crime, sald ho had fts, ‘Fhe trial of Merrick, tia witeSuurderer, bo- ReD to-day, & Jury not belng obtained up to ad- juurniment. Counael for the delense dliclosed hat they would seck when the Comuitssioners, yrowa giddy by the success of thelr catch-fruuc (dea, were babbling about wolug on to dfteen and twenty millfons, Now that they bave becu fure bidden to fssuo any miore of thelr paper fooey, for it deservos o other name, thoy are guing to devote thelr energies to tha ciasal- fBcation of the prizes, wod 1u abuut six weeke from vow the twelvo Ymagasins,’ along with the thirteenth room or “salon dhotivenr * of grand prizos will be ready for public juspection. These stures will constitute u sort of second internations! exhibition, and will keep crowds flocking tu the Chatnp dv Murs luag klter the reeulsr Exhibition is cluacd. This will uot iu convealenco tha contractory, who are tu cote wence thelr work ot dewolition in a few days, tor it has veen declded, uiter wiuch parloy, that apurtvnly of the Exhition paluce is to come down, [u deforonce 10 tie wishes of the Munice tpal Couucil of Paris, backed by 8 lsrge bum- berof Republican puties, the Governuunt has resolved that a section of me{um shall bo bianded vver to the Mlutstry of War to form a permanent militar; seum: another section will bo transformed fnto a sork of muscum of Dateuts, and the restof the grouud wilt be et - Marrylug at Four-Score-aad-Ten. Now Yerk dtur, The martisge of May and December has been doua Into doggercl and paragraplicrs’ argot thne sud agaln. 'Tho utlon uf s couvle, sack of whots has outlived (he Paalinlst's allotied tures ove that the woman with whom Merrick on fn & bugey Iate the Dight of the nurder was ot bis wif Juita, bug suiic ona natied Annie Timbe, but whera this woiuan 1s they are uuablo to say, although they have Lisued 8 subpu:na for b score yuars aud ten by soatber score, haa uop ofteu fuctwbered the aunals of tlme, aud so tbe little town of Awitvville Ceserves 1o have the cye of the ustlon dirccted upon ftself, as yesterday it was the seene of wuch an eveat, It l‘m been the talk of the neighbortiood for many duys, Edward Ketchuw, 2 “sorightly bachelor of W winters, becawo cusmored by'the virgin cliarms of Miss Ellzabeth Trauser, a blushing mulden of U1 sumners. Varlous clrcumstaices, over which they had u0 contrul, proveated thy cuurse uf their love from ruuulug smoothly but the hapuy day arrved at last, gud thoy sze uow wau sod wite, - ————— Ono cold after anotber will, with many constita. tlons, sucursly cutabilsh tho seeda of consumption MELCHI GOFS. Bpeciel Disvateh (o The Trivune. Lzuoy, Hl,, Dec. 3.—8ome excitoment result- «d hers from the unexpecied disapoearance of Deputy-Sterif® Melehl, who left Friday and has uot been heard of. The chanke of mausgement in the Bherifl’s oflice took place to-day at Bluon- ingtoa, sndit is belleved Afclchl wus pot pro- pared to settle. Before lnmmhlm drew §2,500 f1om the bank, must of whlch la tuought tu by collections due the Bherifl's oflice. ————— . e 1o the eyutvm. If you a PENNSYLVANIA, il gt 8 pleuiure, grounds gendsns f () luay troubls, of throatdiscuac, Youwiis Hpecial Disasich (0 The Iribung, iy, xim Gurerviment haviog stioulated, Jajue' pectorsut always prompt and etticacio PirrspuRg, Pa., Lee, &—~The Pardon Buard, | huwever, that » apuce of thirty-six acres shull by e ehlcl imects torworrow ot Harrisburk, will Lave | soacrved Lor & wilitucy cxorcao grousd. A po. BUSINESS NOTICES, fore it Al JMcatlons for u and - | sullurity o ground wil at Lol v ul oot ::umlon ot ’d:.{:{n:meutc, ’a:dl:nu; l:\:m_ t, formine pust of thy Ezbibltion Palace, wi Use % Mra. Winslow's Soothlug Syrap™ for be vovered lu, 80 that roviews toay bu held there oven fu wey weatlior. All thuse wre very graudiose scbemes, and whew | add that the Goveruweut and tho wunicipality cunteuyiste csting cases wro thoss of Jack Kehoe, who hopes to escapy tue gullowy by s rebear- tug of Ly casej Marliy Bergia, sentenced childrea while Lesthiug. Jicures dyunu:‘.udm- arshva, wind colic, aud regulales the bowele. 25 cta B~ Chgw Jucksou's lcst Swest Navy Tobaceo tates Consul at Callao, request- Duc fnvited bim to go to the Depart- of any potato ever acen by An?r of the geoutie- 1af S A e g e~ L = jg Goggfl BARGAINS Linen Handk'fs, We have just recelved ane other large importation ot Linen Cnmbric Hand'fs to which we Invite speeial at- tention. We have marked a few numbers at special prices, and guaranice them supe- rior to anything offered at the same price. 100 dox, Pure Linen IHen’d Hand’fs at 8ceach, 150 doz, Pure Linen Ilem’d Iand’fs at 12 1-2¢ each.; a good as yow can buy elge- where at 18¢. 200 dox. Ladies® Hemstltch ll#md’fs at 18¢ each; worth ~0Cs 200 dox, Ludles’ Hemstitoh Iand’fs, extra fine, with deep em, at 25¢ cach ; usu~ ally sold at 35¢c, 100 doz. Gents’ 3-4 Hand'fs at 12 1-2¢ each ; worth 20c, 100 dox. Ladies’ Iemstitch and Coloved Border Hand’fs at R5cy a great bargain, A large line of Fancy Hand’fs {mported especially for the Jolidays. Lndfes should examine our large stock of ¥and’fs before purchasing else~ where.as WE BUY BDIRECT FROM MANUFACTURERS AND OFFER THEM AT A VERY SMALL ADVANCE OVER COST. W. A, STMIPSON & G0, 113 & 115 State-st ULOAKN, e e A . Chas. Gassage 4 Co. Cloak Department! ‘Wa invite attention to our immenss assortment of Ladies’ Cloaks! Embracing all desirable styles In Plain Beaver, Matelasse, and Diago- nalin8aoques, Dolmans, and Ciroulars -Camel’s Hair ond Diagonal Cloth Dol mans, from $16.00 up. A Special Bargain in Rough Beaver Cloaks, at $7, $8, and $10, New, 8tylish, and Well-made, A large variety of Fur-lined Girou- lo.\:s, Sacques, and Dolmans at low prices, All sizes in Migses' and Ohildren's Oloaks at Reduced Prices! STATE-ST. WABHINGTON-S8T. Mudison & I'coria-sts, MILLINERY! STILL GREATER REDUCTIONS! ‘We have just received 200 Cartons of Real Ostrich Tips from the large New York Auc- tion Sales. Real Ostrich Tips in all the new shades of the season, 26c; worth 7bc. Real Ostrich Tips, finer qual- ity, 400; usual price, $1.00. : Black Ostrich Tips (double) 200; never sold for less than 76 cts. i S 500 Real French Felt Hata and Bounets, in White, Drab, and Black, in all the latest shapes, 800; usual price $1.50, CARSON, PIRIE & C0.