Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1878, Page 5

VRS GHIVAGO . TRIBU o \ NE: BUNDAY. DECEMBER 8, I878—SIXTEEN "FAGES. 5 . —— “FoR TWENTY CENTS. . | A Shocking Tragedy Yeste_rtfiy Morning on Cottage Grdve Avenue. James McMahon, a Saloon-Keeper, Kill- ed by Jobn C. Hayward, a Medical Student. tiggiring OM* at Edchre Followed by a Row in Making the Settle- ment. 1he Boniface Strikes His Guest and the Latter Shoots. The Dicembér murder has oenrred; tliough e week of the mouth has passed. Asis 1§ th case, Fhisky led toit, bitassociated +hb the brafn-disturber were cards. James Mc- jnisthé dead min, ind John C. Hayward ¢ ope who Killed him. The former kept a gsloon at the corner of Twenty-sixth street and tsove Grove avenne, in front of which placé the deed Wab done; the latter was 2 student at 1pe Chicago Medicat Colleze. They were fficiids; st is, kuew each other Well, the saloon 2ii# one of thié resorts of Hayward, Who loves Jquor, 20d was in thé hdbit of indulging in s peasionsl vgpree.” He was out on a dperiotical? Friday night, - and reached Me- \ehon's.sbout half-past 10 o'clock. Entéting, be sslutd thé proprietor WiLh 4 jovidl fednd «How do sou feel, Governor?” or something to the s2me cffect. MeMahon smiled snd said, wpretty well.” Harward then lighted a cigar 4t «he Bar. This_conversation was heard by jfclabon’s eldest Gaughter. She bad been talk- e with her father, and ‘started upstaifs when fgrward came ir, stopping at thé door, Lowey- o, to'see Who the cystomer was. What oc- rred during the next hour and a half is un- {nowD, since the two men were alone. All that iz beard by the people o the second floor, shere McMshon’s family live, was a rap ona {sble o sud then, as if some one were putting gdovn & eard. Along towards midnight, per- ten mivutes after, Policeman Gleason fiejped into thié saloouto get a drink “to tum up He found McMabon and Hay- surd eogaged in a dispute, and, from their junensge, inferred that they had been *sawing of* games of euchre, aud that Hayward owed 9 eentss They grapoled, and Gleason parted {het, saying it was a shame o quarrel over fuch & frifling matter. McMahon said Hayward Ts trriog 10 “play smart” on him, and he youtdi't allow, im 10 do it if he could help it. Baring apparcotly quieted them, Gleason went ook, hearing MeMahon say, “If your don’t pav his 90 cents pefer come in here again,” ds he dosed the side door on Twenty-sixth . street. The officer had goue but & few yards when he Neard a shot, fired apparcntly by some one ou Cottige Grove avenue. Running to the corner; e saw two men standing in the middlé of the street, and heard three more shots. He fushed sowsrd the men, and, When twoor three feet 1wy, one of them, whom he K "RECOGIZED AS M'MALON, STAGGEKED awdkoocked his (the officer’s) bat off. Tae other one d north on Cottage Grove ave- pue. Gleason devoted his attention to the lat- r, and ordered bim to halt. Hedid not obey, nd Gleason shot at him twice while runnine. The whiz of the bullets had a eood éffect; for theman threw up his bands and_said, *‘I sur- fenger.”. When he seized him the officer said, “You must have shot him.” “Yes,” said the ef, “and I am glad 1 shot the — —. glesson took charge of the revolver, which fvas #theman’s hand, cocked, ready for anotber ot Rushing Him over to the police stasion aeir by, Gleason turned him and the weapon § mer to Lieut. Barrett, - and, accom- muied by Sergt. Arch, returmed to the emer to Gee what had become of MeMshon—whether he was- seriously hurt. They found him lying partly on the sidewalk A xd partly in the gutier in front of his saloon, wrered with.blood. He was unconscious, and A ipmeotly dead. After carrying him into the Muée, Gloason went for Dr. Pitcher. The ser- vkes of 8 physician, however, were not needed, eoee McMahon gasped once or tiviee dltér his % rrival, and then respiration ceased. While being searched at the polica-station, a{wud—tor he said that was his name—was 1bd indifferent. seeming to think the kill- £ of 8 man was an ordinary thing. He talked little, and said he and Mc3abon were playing yds, and he (Hayward) called for a ot whisky. McMahon asked if he was ving to drink alome: He seid “No, not ! the house paid for 1it.” McMahot 8 xid the house wouldn't pay for it. “Then, said Hoyward, “Ill drink_alove.”” Mac ran out atter bim (Hayward did ot say why he himself an ont) and struck him. He wouldn’t allow A oy manto strike him, but would kill any one who “hit im in the nose.” % This conversation gives a pretty good idea of the kind of man Havward is._ Those who know i mtiimately say be bas & quarrelsome dispo- eidon, and that be has threatcned to kill peo- ple who bappened to get intodisputes with him. Hels only 21 years of agc, and, as stated, was atiending Jectures at . the -Chicago Medical Collee. * Coming here in 188, he reniained all ‘winter, but, owing tomisconduct—getting drink =was dismissed from his class, and »taid at Ms father’s home in Fond au Lac, Wis., io 1877. Through the inteccéssion of friciids, and on promising to behave himself, lic was allowéd by 1oe Ficnlty to continue his studies at_the Col- lese this session. His falhier is an upholsterer 1 trade, and Has denied himself in order to #ive the boy a zood education, he being natural- It intelligent, and baving stood very high’ in &bool at Fond du Lac. Since be came to this dty, bowever, he bas CONTRACTED BAD IABITS; ud his face indicates that heisa pretty hard drinker, . . When the fact of McMahon’s death_became wn, after daylicht yesterdav morning, 2 lrzecrowd rathered in front of the saloon, and tdeall of policemen had to be scot o the place to prevent upon Le atilicted family. The - deceased was b Tréland in_1632, and emigrated to this twuntry in1849. Before coming to Chicago iu 182 he lived at Woodstock, MeHenry County; There he was ju the erocery business, While h-!:mms reputation was so zood it is said that * w35 the omly one altowed to sell lquor in the W, e first opencd a saloon on the corner of Caltmet avemue and Twenty-ninth- street, moving {0 Twenty-sixtin street and Cottage Grove avenue three vears amo. He was a wid- fllu&:\nd leaves threc ddughters, aged 14, 17, :f;_— years, and a dependent -mother 92 years b All bis’ nesghibors speak well of him, say- Zhe was guletand veaceable, and a most de- Yot Cathofic,—an exceptionally good saloon- Leeper. He was well known thronzhout the 7, and the funeral to-day will doubtless be a very larze one, inzof the homicide, and went at once to the I e Grove Station- and_jmpaneled the fol- {oviog jury: . W. Alton, 53 Twenty-sixth strect; omas F. McGirr, formerly Deputg-Coroner; ‘tmes Bample; 206 Calumet avenue; S. E. Kiw- Yl 1867 Prairie avenues T: J. Moore, Hyde 5 Charles Varges; Otto Hagert, 218 Cot- !!.(imte avenue; G. W. Bishop, 1721 Staie T 1 d. H. Conover, Hvde Tark; Myron F. fiste; Beorge Munrod; E. M. Atldason, Gity adl: They siewed tlie body aind adjoonied to feet at 10 o'clock Monday morning, when the fl'flfl will be held. ‘fio:the afternoon Drs. Geizer and Dindi - made oy mortem examination and found the bul- which had entercd the right arm-pit, passed m:,m the aorta, aud lodged in the Jung. This eoanted for the lare pools of blood i the o t aud gutter,—such a quantity that it seem- Mly“‘ little could have been leftin MeMabon's intrusion Alter being Jockeéd up ana havi T aving an opportu- ’“":‘}’ think, Havward closed his mouth as to ceded 0oting and the vircumstances which pre- intrypud followed it. - All the reporters failed saritr attempts to iuterview him. He would ‘__A nothing, His reticence was due to the ad- b of.an atiorney, though Le said he had not It eivloyed one. Dy the instructions of hg&aven he was removed to the Armory ,m;:‘“""“' and is now there... A TRIBUNE spegercalled on bim in the afternoon. an0d et im to make a statement, but bedeclined; oz his side would be made known in_aue ' He has a black eye, but reference to it t0k result in learning ‘how he. received. it. 5 Bowever, told Lieut. Barrett that McMabon hop Dhn. Perbaps mis anatomical studies bardened him, but, one thing is certain. he 1hi Ly doesn’t realize that he hias done auy- 0 wrong, Yut iE EIPRESSED NO SORROW WHATEVER, ith o5 200 smoked, and tatked asif he was § l"hl,lm 0 his room, with nb thought of a cand or bis life in the near future.. That be is loty, s 38 fo the future, and, thoroushly reck- a2 Ulustrated by remarks he made while dfin’e Cottage Grove Station. . He said: 1t 1 ot kill bim T sin very sorry,” and ope of the ers aid, « They will string you up.™ *That U 3. B Ssalingie, caiq Hayward, »my necic 3§ pretty long.” Setié frichds visited him at that sta- tion; -and bsked if he wished his folks tele- eraphed to:. He said he didn’t want them to know anything about it, and told his {riends to attend to their own business. He is a well-built fellow, rather large for his age, and ¥as meatly dressed. Wlhien thie reportcr saw him he was sober, and acted in a gentlémanly way. Liquor, however, it is said; makes him wild. He has a restless eye, and is doubtless unable to control himself whenaogry: Students who have been iitimately associated with ‘him say that they always mistrusted bin—eonsidered him a “curious rooster,” and avoided biim when he was dravk. He boarded ai No.7 Twenty- sixth stréet two ¥ears ago, but was obliged to leave {hérd catise thos¢ i ths house would not put up with his ‘‘ueli- ness,” a5 -he quarreled’ frlquently with them and threatened them. Some time ago hé ot into an altcreatior with a man ealled “ Big George” in McMahon’s saloon, while drunk, but was taken home before he did any barm. He is also said to have told one Fitzzerald, a saloop-kecper, who ordered him out, that he would seud him out of this world. While those best capable of khowing Hayword give him a bad ebardcter, others, who saw kim only when sober and on his good behavior, give him a Food oue: So theré is likely tobe a conflict of testi- mony over fo the Criminal Court. As tothe re_sult of his trial, he evidently has no fears. He will unquestionably plead self-defense in ex- tenuation, relying for an acquittal uvon the black eye and the fact that McMahon followed him inio the street. RATLROADS. CHICAGO & LAKE ITURON. Special Dispateh to The Tribure: Dertrorr, Mich., Dec. 7.—There seems to be gome question afier il whether Vapacrbil ns bbugbt up the bonds of the Eastern Division of thé Chicago & Lake Biron. The stateinent to that efféct, telegraphed last night, Was made on the asuthority of one of thé leading counsel - for the road. J. M. Turner, President of the Chicago & North- eastern, returned from New York to-day, and says there is no truth whatever in the story, and that Vanderbilt positively refuses to take the Albang bonds in view of the fact that there aré over §1,000,000 of Receiver’s certificates ahead of thé bonds. Hé' @id wot consider the interests of the bondholders substantial, nof did he consider the road worth the amount of . the certiticites. Mr. Chadwick, also in New York in the fnterest of the Albany bondhold: €rs, bad given up the fight, and hiad telegraphed an indefinite postponcment of the motion to be argued 4t Cincinuati for the appointmeit of a Receiver for- the Chicaro & Northeastern, Un the other hand, it may be sad that Ashley Pond and _Judge Walker, of counsel, are in New York, waich, indi- cates that négotiations have not yet ended. ‘Fhe matter of $33,000 State iaxes dué frori thie Chicigo & Lake Huron is to com¢ up in the United States Court Monda; ras hoped that the money would be raised by that time, but efforts have beén tinsuccessful, abd to-day the Receiver filed a petitidn askibe Judge Brown for sn injunction.te stop the Btate from eoforcing its tax claim upon the grouiid that the taxes gro- iilegal and void. These taxes hiye been accomulating since 1570, The State authorities ¢laiin that the Federal Court has mo jurisiction in this proceeding to interfere with the State in the en- forcement of its lien ipon & corporation which exists by virtue of the soverciguty of the State. If Judge Brown interferes his action will be to- Deeaed, siid thus the question of State rights will be very squarely raised. SOUTHIWESTERN RATES. J. W. Midgley; Commissioner of the Southwestern Railway Association, announces that on and after Monday tlie following arbitra- ries will appli upon business to- Baltimore, New York, and Boston: From St. Joseph, ‘Atclitson, Leavéniworth, of Kansas City_to Chi- cago, first class, 75 cents; sccond elass, 60 ceuts; third class, 45 cents; fourth class, 81 cents. From St.Joseph, Atchiso, Leavenworth, or Kansas City to East St. Louls, East Hannibal or Quincy, first class, 55 ceiits; second class, 45 céfits; third class, 35 cents; fourth class, 25 cents. From St. Joseph, Atchison, Leaven- worth; _oi, Kansas City to ‘Toledo, first class, $1.04; second ~ class, cents; third class, 62_cents; fourth elass; 41 cents. On husingss to Boston the rate on second class will be 55 cents per 100 pounds ffom Missourl River points to Chicago. The rates from Mis- 5 suliriimflmmints £ Toledo, will be. gxod.lflgfl. a8, fol ows: Vheat 331¢; other eraig, 231§ cents; boxed meats; 41 cents; bulk meats, 42 cents per 100 pounds; flor, 67 cents per barrel. Local shipments of fourth class will be cnarzed 46 cents per 100 pounds. Flour in sicks, released, ownti's tisk of wet and waste, will be carried from Missouri River points as follows: To Mis: sissippi River points, §40 per car of 20,000 pounds: to Chicago, $50: to Milwaukee, $555 and to Toledo, $67. . THE CHJCAGO & NORTHWESTERN. The Chicago & Northivestern Railroad makes public tie foHowing half-yéarly comparstive statement, with carnings and expenses of No- vember, 1875, closely approximate: 1578, 8 rges, © old premi- B vean B u, et Rent of leased Tonds, Sinking-fund account. Ses pronth oy uct cr ce: Freterrod stook fa December, 1877 and 1578, ‘Net surplas of the half ye: The unalvided surplus of t endiug on the S1st of May. 1878, the Jas: annaal rEPOTT, WaS, . A diyidend of = per cent on the 'has been declared from this surplus, Dec. 28, 187 Leaving ol baiance May 31, 1876...uceu +.$203,803 sT. L., XK. & N. W. . Specicl Dispatch to The Tridune- - Krokux, la., Dec. 7.—The Ptcsident’s report made at the annual meeting of the stockhelders of the St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Rail- way in this city shows the carnings for the past year to hidve been 4,350 for cighiy-one miles of foad. Tlie comparative earnings for three years are as follows: 1876, $35,494; 1877, $181,- Tiscal year, as shown il o stock payabie . her Mann ¥is notified eafly in ihe mora-- 621; 1878, §214,850. At a mecti he Board of Directors the {ollowing officer: re elected for the tusuing vear: President, A. B. Stone, New York; Vice- rocident aud "Superintendent, -A: Ls Grifin, Keokuk; Treasurér, W. H. Iarris, Clereland; Geucral Freilit Azcnt, H. B. Blood, Keoku! General Ticket Aeent, f. R. Meeker, Keok: The Koad will be extended -to St. Louis as soon as satisfactory runninz arrangements tag femade with the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern from Dardenne. The nameof the road iill then be chauged to either the Keokuk Railwiy of the Keokuk & St. Louis Railway. = TTEMS. Aff. W. J. Boylc his been appointed azent of the Blue Line, at Minwaukee, vice T. Fairbairn, resigned. . A new time-table gocs iito élféct 6n the Gale- na Division or the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad to-day.- The changes will be found aindag the departires and arrivals of trains. A2, C. M. Claik, formictly ¢ity. Ticket Azent }ni the Pittsburg, Fort Wavne & Chicago Kail- roid; was indletéd last Jily 4t 1hé ifistance of the Chicago . & *Alton Railroad: for embezzle- ment. The Railrodd Coupany his now become convinced that it had no good case against Mr. Clark. and. there was 1o hope of his coniviction, and thereforé it has allow'ed the casé t6 be dis- wissed. The passenger storéd Tubsd ‘fatés from St. Louis will be re- - An arrangement is said to Thave' been peted by whith thie roads East from St. Louis serce to redeem all tickets in the hands of ontside parties at their full value. Judze Drummond will be at Indianapolis on the 16th, and will Temain one week; during which time he will tike up and dispdse .of the foreclosure suit arainst the Lafayette, Muncie & Bloomington Railroad; and hear additional afruinents ot tlie excéptions Lo the &alé, of the TIndianapolis, Bloomivgton & Western Railroad on the 19th. It is wenerally believed thit the sale will be cotifirmed. It is claifned that the roads leading East from this city have made aiother step towards the formation of an East-bound pool.-- The . Penn- svlvania Conipany, it is eaid, has its fig- tives for a percentage, dd is DOW willinx to ac- ceot 34 per cent -for its two lines from this city. Thns leaves but three cents to be taken off to make the pool afi dtcomplishéd facf. Efforts are bewg made to induce the Pennsvlvania Coinpany to knock off 2 percent more; and the Baltimore & Ohio 1 per cent. The, percentages would then be s follows: . Michigan Central, 33 per cént; Like Shore & Michiiran Southern, 57 jef cent; Pennsylyania Comphny,—Pittsburg & Fort Wavne and Pictsbiire; Cincinat] & St. Louis,—32 per cent: and Baltimoto & Olio, 9 per tét. Messrs. McGrewor & Hoivard, commission merchants o this city, inform THE TRUSUNE that they dre at present shippivg flourand grain from MilWdukée to New York and Boston points 2t 10 cents per 100 pounds less thai rates can be obtdined by them from Chicazo to the same points. No wonder that the roads léading East from this city do a smaller busincss now than they have bDeen doing at this season for some years pasi; and the roads leading East from Milwaukee by lake and rail hdve more business than they can furnish cars for. This shows the folly of establishing a pool East from Chicazo, withont establishitiz one East from Milwaukee at the same time. SHYLOCK. Lecture by Rabbt Kohter Before the Philo sophieal Soclety. Rabbi Kobler addressed a Jarge audiencé last evening in the lecturc-room of the Athenseum, hig lecture on *‘Shylock, the Money-Lending Jew,” forming an atfractive featurc of the Philo- sophlcal Society's regular weekly meeting. The Rabbi began by- saying that ignerance was the mother of piejudice. LI ¥he history of the Middle Ages was dark; or the chapter on witch- craft gloomy, still darker and more appalling was the chapter on the ‘persccution of the Jews, the deepér cause for which was the fear and awe which this wonderful race inspired because of Its mental superiority and its comn- mercial success. These were attributéd by an ienorant populace to the practice of sorcery, and dstrology. ‘They were also charged, at the time of the black plagiie, with having poisoned wells with Christian blood, and at other times with the massacre of children for blood with which to celebrate the Passover. But, thanks to the Frerich Revolutfon and the chimes of the bell of liberty in Americs, the -aucient ad obnoxious barriers betiveen theni and the ivorld werein a great mensure bfoken down: Modern soclety now admitted them to positions of honor and trust, althoush the old prejudice '\as @it yet entirely removed. The Earl of Beaconsfield to- day could be forriven anything excent the fact that, be_had been cradled a Jew; and when o writer like George Eliot broke through préju- dice and ‘reflected credit on_ tiie accursed race; it was almost at - the penalty of ostracism by a large patt of the reading world. Shylock and Fagin had been wronely accepted as types of the Jewish character, while the more exaited Jewish characters in history and fletion were allowed by a prejudiced world to drop out of sight. _ Dr. Kohler then passed on to considér the gources from which Shaksptare drew his Shy- lock; remarking that the character was not so muichi hi§ ertation as it was that of earlier writ- ers, like Marlowe and others, wbo bad personi- tied the Jew as the prejudices of the Aiddle Ages represented him. In fuct, Marlowe's “Jew of Malta” was a better type of the Jew of popular superstition in those times than Shilock, whuse appearance on the stage, with a Hie fed nose, red wig; and a scarlet_cap, could ouly elieit unceremonious lauchter. Dr. Kohler gave a rapid- glance at, and a paitial analysis of, the 614 Ttaliah and La li atin romances from which Shakspears, or the writers before his time, drew their characters of the money- lender, and traced the origin of the notion of the pouird of flesh, and_its emplorment in the literature of the IHindoos, the Romauns, the Italiahs, and the Daves. This hotion, when viewed in its broader sense, had come to reore- sent, to many, in the form of a figure, the prob- Jem of the rélationof law to lequity, but who other than money-lenders could, in those times, and with this noifon extant, be accused of such ‘blood-thirstiness as that displayed by the Jew of thesto:y! Shylock stood forth as the inear- nation of ~Jewish usurers, but it shohld be remembered that the Jewish usurer was the creation of the Christian race. In his, ofiginal home, the Jew was a worker, a tiller of the soil, and yet it has been said that usury was the nat- ural propensity of the race,—a sort of neredi- tary_sin. History gave this slander the lie. Whén the Jeivs settled in Spain und Southern France it was as farmers, but persecution after persceution and frequent expulsions naturally ureed them to embark in flnaovial enterprises,. commencing as peddlers and sutlers, and end- ing as millionaires, and the recipients of the Inghest political abd. souial honors that States aud Kingdoriis could bestow. : Greediness of gain was -forced on the Jew. ‘His liability to beexpelled from hisabiding-place at a motncut’s Hotice made it natural for him to change his wealth into portable. zoods or money. These were, in fact, the only weans by which be could command the. respeet of his senrners and abusers. Shylock, therefore, was not an_outzrowth of the Jewish character, but of Christian hatred and perseciition. A Jew’s sitccess in financial ventures in those times, and even afterwards, made himn loathsome to the cuvious, 4hd, whien warned by thireats, he would besitate to lend money on interest, althoush finally compelled to give way to the demands of their rulers. 'To show how. they were remarded in France, it was o historical Tact that; after having- been driven out by persccution, they were asked .to rcturn. How much good they lad done¢ in England had “not yet” been nscertained; but it should be remem- bered that Westminster Avbey was built by Jewish capital, end that the growth of business jn Turkey, Holland, and other countries of Europe was. largely owing to the same cause. Tn pomt of fact; every part of Ltaly, not excent- fne the Papal States. had only been too glad to employ Jewish capitul, until the discrepancy be- tween théwr own rateS ef interest and those charged by the Jews became too glaring, as, for instance, when they asked Z60 pér cent,Ynstead of the 45 per cent asked by the-Jews. Wheu that time came sclf-interest operated to the ex- clusion of Jewish capital. i i 5 Of course. Dr. Kobhler admitted, the Jews bad occasionally ylelded to the temptation of overcharging borrowers, dud ad thereby given offcnse., But, on the whole, the Jewish trader and money-lender had been a social necessity. Forall that, he had been exposed by his dress to public abuse, and when be appeared on the staae, 1t was to maké soort for Meiry England. But, while Marlowe instilled all the poison of the old Christian hatred into his Barrabas, Shakspeare drew a picture in which there was rot wantipg some _evidence of human motives; feelings, and ailec- tions when .he was made . to feel what Christian sympathy had_pictured,—the mabner of his treatment. A vrejudicéd audi- ence might lsugh at Shylock’s words, and yet humaoity’s volee ranz out when he exclaimed, “iamadew. Hathnotadew eyes? Hath not aJew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, nffec- tions, passions, hurt with the same weapous, subject to the same disenses, Liealed by the came means, warmed aud_coofed by the same winter and summer 33 a_Christian 187 If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If “you poi- son us, do we mnot die?” 1f you wrong us, do we not revenge?’ And ‘yet Shakspeare, either williogly or unconsciously; made Judaism appear as the svirit of revenac, as if the teachings of love were not inculcated by the dews before Jesus appeared. . Shakspeare also misrcpresented the indoor life of the Jews, whose houses Were 48 gardens in bloom, while persccutions without made the world a perfect hell to them. Jessica was made tp clope without experiencing oven a parting ane at her desertion of her father, and Launce- ot Gobbo’s stur at Sy ock’s allezed parsimonious- ness in the matter of fvod was equally calenlat- ed to misrepresent this indoor lite of the Jews. Dr. Kobler greviewed the trial scene in the plaj, arpuing, as many learoed men_before bim have doue, that Shylock, in the legal aspect of the case, was clearly it the right, and referring sarcastically to the fact that Shylock was com- peiled to renounce his religion and to 5dy, when all was' over, “1 am content.” Those three words, said Dr. Kohler, showed that Shakspeare did not rightly understand the Jewish chuarac- ter; for, bad this Shakspeareau representative of the race had a_drop of Jewish blood in his veins, he wonld sooner have spjlied it to the last with that keen-edged knife which was to cut off the pound of flesh than rénounce the faith of his fatLers. Shyloel:, in short, was an anachronism dnd a nonentity. In him was prescoted the usurer who was baptized to be saved, while nothing ywas said of the age which had created a Shylock and then condemmned him tothe gallows. As Christianity .was not held respousible for itsy) arrabases, and its Shylocks, and its worse cerimi-_ nals, neither shonld Judaism be held respousi ble fot ft. As Jacob trould not .1¢k the aige depart until he had bestowed the blessing on him, so it might be said, humanity’s of triimph would not have. . risen splendors until_Christians, . and Jews nad Jearncd to bless and respect each other.. "The Jectirer was enthusidstically abplauded as he closed, and was otherwise rewarded by the unaniious passaze of a well-merited vote of thahks. The usaal afterpart of discussion and eriticism fallow P FACTS FOR FUR-BUYER Parchasers of furs should remembér that there are an almost endless nuriber of differcnt grades of skins, and, uoless, one is an expert lo such matters, the only way to bié suré of sécuring perfect furs is to deal with a strictly reliable and first-class bouse like that of A. Bishop & Co., ‘corner State and Monroe. str Ar. Bishoo’s forty-five Pears’ cquericnee fu” the fur business \ _toakes Li§ advice invaldable. He has an un- usually large and fine stock to select from, and the cliaracter of the £oods is absolutely guar- anteed. . s - THE CLIMAX. W2 predict the day of SSclothes-wringing machines is over. The ¢ Climax” wringer, re- cently patented by a second Edison, costs only §1! .1t is warranted never to get out of otder; it cannot rub off buttons, and it will wring dryer than any other make. The universal suc- cessattending canvassers lead us to believe that the manufocturers will reap a pecuniary harvest in its sale. — ———— BEAUTIFUL SUITS AND HATS, artistically tinished, at tlhié time promised, and rensonable ¢harges, are reasons Why Mme. Emima Soule, 170 State street, is so extensively patron- jzed. Her new * Princess Louise” fur hat is therage. - THE LARGEST TREE IN THE WORLD, CALLED THE FATHER OF THE FOREST, 1§ fiow Ijing in the Calaveras Big-Tree Grove, California. It was 4,237 years old when it fell, as proven by the annual marks or rings of growth en- cifcling its héart. 1t was 450 feet high; and, were 1t lying down on Dearborn strect, one could step fiom the huge log on to the top of the Adelphi Théatre. And yet this huge monster had a fine bark two feet thick, nicely protectine his entire majestic form. Why is it thot the world has waited until this late day to learn a generous leason from nature, and allowed the Fat Man to go abont the streets with His scanty brecches all burst open across the hips, and Bia CorFporeity protruding much further than his coat can possibly biitton round? Clement & Sayer, 414 to 424 Milwaukee avenue, have four special dépatménts where big mep, fat men, tall men, and short men may all be comfortably clad, e A NEW EVENING PAPER, Commencinig to-morrow, the Daily Telegraph will be isued afternoons at 12, 3, and 5 o'clock, fnstead of in the miorning. Under the manage- ment of Messrs, I, S. Walker and Charles W. Northup, this paper has made unéominon progress. A fine neiw office at 122 Fifth avenue, and iarge THew press, are among the tangible evidences of the Telenrapivs advancement. Both the press and oflice will Sc in nse by thé puper nbout Jan. 1. With the general good will in wiich this paper iy already held, and with the advantages of a com- paratively unoccupied feld 1 the afternoon, the imanugers of the Zelegraph baturally unticipute still greater Snccésd In the futife, —though the ast has been remarkably flattering to them. The . price of the Daily Telearaph will remain one eent. ——————— CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE, The steamship City of Brussels, of the Inman Line, sailing Dec. 14, is the latest mail steamer reaching England or Ireland beforé Chrlstmas- Day. Her average time going east during 1878 has been 8 days 20 hours and U8 minutes, Sheisin first-class order, and 18 one of the most comforta- ble ships crossing the octan, having all the latest improvements, including revolving chairs in sa- loon, which is amidships. os are alev her etaic- rooms, and will leave Pier 37, North River, New York, at 9 a, m. pfompt, and passengerd may &x- pect to land at Queenstown Sunday, and Liverpool Monday morning, The Company's offices are 32 Clark street, Chicago. o x SUNKY [TALY. +sSce Naples ana afe,” eays the proverd, as though nothing worth living for remnined after viewing the lovely Itallan scenery. Dutenlight- ened Americans know what o mess of dirt and ignorance lies undér the beautifal outer crost. What - happiness can have been expérlenced by a nation to whom as yet the ** Happy Thought " wave- line plug tobacco is on unknown quaniity? Try “‘Happy Thonght,” all ye chewers, and long no more for Sunty lialy. e —— A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. Lact Monday, Dec. 2, Mr. John G. Ashlemon, 157 State strect, one of our oldest wholesale and retatl jewelers, received the following letter: CimcAco, Dec. 2, 1878.—J/r. Ashieman ~Dran Sm: Inclosed please dnd $25, principal and inter- cat. for money I have defranded you ont of some time ago. The Lord has forgiven me ana 1 hope you will do the same. Mr. Ashlémati wishes others to come and do like- wise, and théy shall all be forgisen. " DOCTORS RECOMMEND THEM. A striking evidence of the supcriorlty of the na- tive productions of the Steaben County Wine Com- pany is the fact that they are noiv dispensed by over one handred of the leading drag storés in the city. The absolute purity of sthese wines and brandies make them of great vaing to Invalids, and physicians unhesizatingly recommend them in all cases where o tonlc Is desirable. Devot, 170 Mad- ison street. = — \WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS MUST BE TRUE. Yon cannot find 8 sincle person who has ever secn the New No. 8 Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Ma- chine operata, at 155 State street, bot like it, and these who own them are loud in thierr pralse of its quahties. J. L. Flannery, City Manager. flmbbtnison Aty HABITUAL INTOXICATION---NERVE DISEASES. Dr. D'Unger (discoserer of the Cinchona cure) has located permanently in Chicago. Rooms 33 and 35 Palmer House. The worst cases cured scientifically. A Witty Customer went toa drug store and asked for Sozedont. The storekceper said, *We're out of that, but here is something just 08 200d.” The pructical customer said, **No you don't,” and walked ot to a neigh- boring store and got 1 bottle of Sozodont. BUSINESS NOTICES. Do yon need bargalns for Holiday presents? Thei read the notice in this paper headed §50.000 worth of diamonds, watches, jewelry, chuing, eic., 10 be s0ld by order of United States Court, regard- less ur cost of original price of safd articles, at store 68 Enst Madison street. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. The Latest Husical Wonders. TRUMPETTO! The HMost Marvelous Heehanicai Musical Instruments of the Age. Guaranteed o pive more satisfaction for the money tnan any other musieal fastrument ever inveyted. PRICES, $8.60 TO $12. Play all the Latest Muslc, Hytn Tuncs, Poputar Afrs, Waltzes, Polkas, Quadrilled, etc., Without ltmit. N0 MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED. A Child Can Play Them. n and workman- r ali, of all aic: prices’ constdered, Excellent In tone, heautiful u de ship. An endless source of pleasul Unequaled for thelr novels. and, Just the thing for HOLIDAY GIFT Ottier novelties, Musieal Marf snd n full 1ine of MUSICAL BOXES. J. HOWARD FOOTE, 188-190 State-st. CLOAKS. CLOAKS We offer our ENTIRE STOCK, con- sisting of over 5,000 CLOAKS AND CIRCULARS, In all grades, made_of Plain Béa- vers, Matolasses and Diagonal. At manufecturers’ cost. SIRGEL, WARZEELD & €0, CLOAK MAKERS, 115 & 117 Fifth-av.. up stairs, Between Maitisun and Washington-sts, “Views, Plctures, IRGUINETTE FURNITURE. 251 & 253 Wabash-av. LADIES! Our stock of Fancy Arti- cles has ncver been so com- plete as it is at present. Spe- cial eare has been talken in the selection of goods, as suitable souvenirs for Fa- ther, Brother, or Friend, and will be offered at such prices as to assure us your custom in the future. GENTS! We have at least 580 dif- feremnt articles, nceepiable souvenirs for Ladies. Xf you are in doubt what te buy, call on us. Our goods com- bine the useful with the or- namential, and eur prices are tise lowest. 1D WE SAY NTO ALL, Don’t buy at Auetion, ior at private sale, mor any- where, until yon have look- ed through our steck and got OUR PRICES. 251 & 253 Wahash-av. Near Jackson-st. Sole Agents for THE THONET BROTH- ERS’ VIENNA BENT WOOD FURNI- TURE. Our Illustrated Catalogue will be sont free upon application. FURNITURE! BUITABLE FOR Holiday Preseats. Il & N NEUBERGER, 80 & 82 Randolph-st, near Stats, Manufacturers and Txclusive Wholesale Dealers. In érder to_reduce our immense stock of Elegant and Stylish FURNITURE, We offer the same, for the next twenty days, At Retsil Far Below Janu- facturers’ Cost. Fasy and Patent Rocking Chairs, East Igke ond, Queen Anfie. Parlor and Chamber Sets, Bookeases, Sidebonrds, Fancy Marble TopTables and Gilt, Stands-in fact, o full and compléte line of Furniture. We invite an early inspection. Purchasers will save money by close ex- afnination of our goods and prices. In addition to their exten- sive stock of Furniture, have ‘just received a large and elegant assoriment of Useful and Ornamental HOLIDAY GOODS, which are offered at extremely low prices. STATE AND ADANS-ST 269 & 271 STATE-ST,, SEAR VAN BUREN. The oldest and largest Fur- witure and Bedding Fianu- tacturing Iouse in the West. We eariy the most come plete assortment of PANR- LORand CHIAMBER SUITS in Chicago. LOW PRICES and FERST- CLASS GOODS our motto. Buyers, enll and be convinced that we MEAN WHAT WE ADVEITI "MINERAL WATERK. "POLAND Hingral Spring Water This Water 18 a sure cure for Brizht's Disease. Dia- Dotow, and all Kidney Compialuts, Dysnepsta ana Liver Complaints, and has made mort: Wonderful Cures than any other Mineral Water In the World. For the henetit of thuse suffering from diseases which the Water 18 known 1o cure, We present the names of the followin well-known gentlenien of Chicdzo, who Have been cured, oF who, Trom personal Knowlcdge of hio “beneficial effects of this Water, are willinz to rec- ommen Us 248" & atness, John B. Adams. 2 Bryan Liock. harles G, Coase,. 20 Iirean 0: He Wabash. Cnarles A. i Ii: Shaw: 1, B. Shaw; Georze Jlouse: Charies A. Gregory, vi Dearboru-st, 7, BARRELL, General Agent, 125 State-st., Sargent’s Drog Store. Send for Clreular giving histors of Spring and Test!- monials, REMOVA B REMOVAL. Lipuman's Loan Ofice +Tocated at 126 South Clark-st. On hand and for Ismow et ot of Forfetted Diambads, Watches, did Seweiry, which will be sold eheap furtasti. CLOAKS AND DOY.TLANS. Stecial Banoains! Fine Cloaks and Dolmans RORIDGES. ‘We have just received 200 Fine All-Wool Im- orted Matelasse and iagonal Cloaks.bought at a great reduction from the gold cost to land. : OUR POPULAR LOW PRICES. AT $20.00--:1 vory clegant Matelasse or Biagonal Cloak; riehly trimmod in Silk, Velvet, and Hritige, never hefore offered for less than $25. AT $22.50 and $25.00---We offer 10 styles of Fine AH-Wool Imported Matelasse Cloaks, elegantly trim- med with Fine Sifk Velvel and Fringe, petfect shapes; others ask $28.00 and $35.00. AT $30.00-:We offer a very elegant Diagonal Cloak, vichly irimmed in Sk Velvet and Passentesiterie Ornaments ; a new and origimal design; cannol, he matehed for less than $40.00, A large line of Ladios’ Doluians, short and long, nicely trimmed in Nilk or Velvet, at $12.00, $15.00, Also, clcgmit Imported Dolmans, richly {rimmed in Sitk and Frinee, at $25.00, $30.00, $35.00, $10.00. Fur-Lined Silk Cireulars at $87.50--- a regalar $30.00 quality, PARDRIDGES MAIN STORE, . 114 & 116 State-st. N. B.~Any of the above will be sent C. O.D., with privilege of ex- MEATS. DOWN TOWN AND WEST SIDE PACKERS! established, In_connection with their s the Cleanest and o e thom. bur SXOW-FLAKE Trand Land for retall aud johbinz trade. Pug up in any sized pack- nges mest convenlent for the purchiser, and witli Spectal Attention for Family Celebrated Brand, **CLUE SAUSAG the Fincst in the World. Manuactured' en- tirely_from Pork, and made after an Ol New England Receipt, and_constdered by nfl Swho try them o Jusury, CITY MARKET, corner Desplalnes and Van Buren-ats. Card £o to the door. PIER(E & WHITTEMORE, 20710 235 South Desplaines-st The Best in America ARGRTBALD'S EXTRA, Per Brl. - - $8.50 PLANT'S EXTRA, Per Bil. - - - - 675 Choice Family Tonr, $4.75 to $5.50 . PER PARREL AT C. H. SLACK'S 1 ] WHOLESALE and RETAIL GROCERY HOUSE, 109 EAST MADISON-ST Branch—210 and 212 North Cinrk. EUMSS. A beveraze or food for everybody, sick or well. Fa- mous for it fattening and restorative power. casily di- risutny, and grateful to a deticate or Nothliiz cise makes flesh and blood " ltofien resiores health where clally beugficlal Iz Dyspepifa. Gea- eral Debility. snd w] Wasting Diseases. Send for cirea- fars. Noagcnts. Only deput 170 Fast Madison-st. yware of mitatlons. REND. Chemist, Urlinat HOMEOPATHIC FAMILY MEDICINE CASES, And Works on Domestic Practice. HEADQUARTERS: Boericke & Tafel's Pharmacy,” © 35 CLARK-ST. CHICAGU. v 3 AND LUSG DISEXSES and Catarrh Affections. DIt PEIRO. ) Washing- T the only Hos Be- or. WANES, LIQUORS, Etce Si TS, LIOUURS, &, SWEET CATSWBA and PORT WINE, ) $1.50 per gal,, §Ue per bottle. CALIFORNIA Angelica, Port, Moscat, Madeira, Malaga, Tokay. and Monnt Vioeyard - WINES, VINTAGE OF 1873 AND 1874, $2.00 TO $2.25 PER CAL. These Wines are specially recommended for sacramnent- al, medicinal, and yainily use. They are the piire juice of the grape. " BOURBON WHISKY. Nelion Gomty, Spring 1875 - - $3.00 eiton Uom 0 - - A Nel:on C:n;g, Sg?ilz:g 1876 - - - - 250 Nelson County, Spring 1877 - - - 200 Aad a fall stock of Sour-Mash Whiskies from tho most noted distillories in Kene “w EMIDOTLERL) .. ) COGNAC BRANDIES, Jamaica and St Croix Rum, Holland Gin, Champagnes; Ports, Sherries, Clarets, &c. &, & C. H. SLACK'S WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Mammoth Grocery House 109 East Madison-st. DBRANCH, 210 and 212 North Clark-st., (CORNER SUPERIOR), CHICAGO. Call or send for Catalogue and Price-Lists of the most extansive collection of Forsign and Domestic_Groceries, Wines, Liguors, and Cigars in the Northwest. " DECORATED WARES, Etc. Burley & Tyrrell 83 & 85 State-st, Request Inspection 0f a large and varied assortment of Decorated and Enameled Wares, Including Dinner, Tea, Lunch, and Breakfast Sets, InMinton, Spode &Wedgwood. Also, Gien and Longwy, In New Designs and Choice Shapes. Ornaments, From the best makers, in Porcelain, Bisque, Royal Dresden, . Worcester, and Copenhagen, Haviland & Co's New Faience, CIENEE. Qur Stock is Unsurpassed in quality and variety, and will be sold at uniformly LOW PRICES. JEWELRY, Etc. WORTH OF : Diamonds, Watches, Jowelry, Chains, &e., &e., &e. THE STOCK OF A BANKRUPT, To be yold per order of U. S. Court,on ac- count of whom it may concern, regardiess of the original price of said articles. These goods must be disposed of by the 3ist OF DECEMBER. £Z"For sale and inspection at 68 EAST MADISON-ST., One door from State. SROIDERED SL! S.. YOUR HUSBAND, Wife, Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, Afianced,or Lover Will be bighiy pleased If you buy for thems pairaf those very handsome EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS! 0N VELVET Of: CLOTII, COMPRISING 48 DIFFERENT PATTERNS. COME EARLY AXD AVOID THE RUSHL p s v M. WHEELER & CO. 74 East Madison-st. . _ Any Lady or Gentleman caa send thelr orders gnd bo siare of prompt attention. 2 _ HOLIDAY GOODS., Printing Presses for Pleasure, Profit, and Ipstruction. i Amateur Printing fs o delighctul and pleasing, Das- tiime for the Boys. - It wives them a safe aud beneficial amasement; keeps them .at home Improving their thne. learning to read, spell, and, panctaate correctly. Gutit of Lress, Type oller, laky, Cate, Carus sic.y or $5.75. CRESWELL, WANNER &€C0., 172and 133 Clarg-st.. Caleago, 1L = . Dargains in Watches, Diamonds, Opera-Glass- es, Studs,” Sets, Cnains, . Bustons.’ Finzer Ttings, alvo fine Plated Ware. LIPMAN, 126 Soith Clark-se