Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1879, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: 'SU’NDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1879—SIXTEEN PAGES, ‘ ki SPORTING. —- THE TURF. °~ -~ COMING ENGLISI EVENTS. . Last Sunday Tng TRIBONE published tables showing the various events in which the Ameri- can-bred liorses now in Europe were entered, it being the first complete and accurate. fist of 1their engagements that Bbas appeared. Since that time the mails have brought advices con- cerning the weights for the carly sprinz bandi- caps. In the City and Suburban, Pirolc has peen assigued 114 pounds, and, although it has been thought by some writers thut this weight was not excessive, they appear to have entirely Jost sight of the fact that, althdpsh Parole is, when fit, a race-hors2 of merit, there are othera fn the race whose public performances have shown them to be in no way bis juferiors cither o speed or ability to carry weight. -The talk shont Parole being deficient in driving power, and, therefore, unsnited to the course at Epsom, over which the City and Suburbanis to be ru, smounts 10 nmothing. The only falr way to etimate his chances of success is by seeing what other good horses will start acainst him, and comparing their welehts with his. The Euglish handicapper, Mr. Dorling, seems to have first formed an opinion of the respective merits of TParole and Duke of Maeenta, since in thegreat Metro- politan Stalies to by run April 23, in which both Yorees are named, he estimates the Duke as oply two pounds fuferior ta hisstable companion. In the City and Suburban, where, as above stated, Parole will carry 114 pounds, there are 103 entries, and of these Isonomy has the top weight,—126 pounds. Last season he won the Cambridgeshire with 99 pounds, aud that sue- cess entsiled 2 preat advance in his welehts for -this year'’s handicaps. It §s hardly probable that he will accept. Bel- puaahe, § years, and Kaleidosrone, 6 years, are both i at 124 pounds. Au English writer ‘says Gf this race and Parole’s chances What, as Thun- derstons and Midlothian are olso in at 113 younds, the American horse will have no ;hance_ of winping. 3 ~ Inorder that its readers may have all the jo- Tormation coucerning the principal fised evénts in Europe during the present yvear Tae Trin- vxehss prepared the following table, which gives the date of each one and the distance, Those races in which Ameriean horses are en- tered are desirnated by an asterisk. The latest .advices from Enzland are that Duke of Magenta has been struck out of all en- gagements up to Goodwood. The most im- ortant of these gre the Great Metropolitan, the Ascot Gold Cup. 2nd the Alexandra Plate: Dute._| Zrent. | dstance. = Feb. 27 Trincr uf Walts Stecplechose. ug L - 2L National Stéepiechuse, April 1:Earl Speacer's Plate. .. Avril 2 Northwmatonehire Saies Tiotles. 1 mile 17 yde. 11 mile 17 yds. Flyiug Dutehman Somersetsiire Sta May N 30 The Oak: Moy SEnsom Gold Gups Juiie 4 Manchester Cu ne 12 Gold Cup, Aot Zons Memorial, Hardwic ‘auk. G:Birighton Cuy Aug. SiLe 1 ds S iles. ‘mile. 7 fur. fur..152 ydi , 5 fur. 17 Tur. 30'Great Tom i 1 mil 31Lincoln Autumn 1 mile, 4far. g'Lincoln Autuiin Cup. % 7 Laucashire liandlcap. ‘Shropsiitre Huudica 34 snrewsoury Ut 1si8tidiand Counties | miles. amiugton Stecplecliase. s mites. tuwmn Welter Gup... 1 mile. or. 25:\attonal Ilurdie Jilaadi 2 miles. Caj Nov: 20'Great Metropoiithn Steapibeiise 3 mies, 4 DISASTROTS ARGUMENT. . There has been considerable talk of late re- garding the influence of thoroushbred blood in trotters, one class assuming that a dash of the same cannot fail to improve even a bred-to-order trotter, and the other maintaining that,of all the Tiorses having records of 2:20 or better, not” one descended from a thoroughbred sire or dam. The Tury, which is alwars ready with = vast array of so~called arguments upon any subject that may be presented, hss gone ioto this latest disenssion with its usual vigor, although it can- pot be said to bave sdvanced any thougbts of fll‘fi(‘l:hf value regarding the questions at issue. ts latest hobby is concerning the dams ot trot- ters, and in some way it has conceived 2_notion that oll first-class trotters must have dams in whose veins rups a considersble proportion of the blood of the thoroughbred. But it is a peculiarity of the Zurf that, when- ever it starts out on any tack, it is aimost always certam to be brought up standing by running faul of some of its own arguments on an Opoo- site side of the question it is discussing. This was the dificuluy eucountered when it tricd to rove that Smuggler was a game horse, and that irus conld nog'trot fast. la its more recent sboot, it is meeting the same kind of driftwood. The issue of Feb. 14 contains an editorial article on “Endurance in the Trotter,” in which several instances showing the value of thorouzhbred Llood in the trotter are given, and then oceurs the following: *We could furnish other exam- ples showing how thorouzhbred crosses give en- durance to horses in races long drawn out, but forbear. These cases may Dot be familiar to mere boox-worms, but they are within the knowledge of those who for years have made 1he rounds of the circuits. Ask Charley Green and Dan Mace what they thick of the mutter. At Cleveland, in July last, we saw Jittle Ade- alde, whose form approachies that of the thoroughbred, pulled nearly double in the sixth eat to keep trom distancing, in the slow time Of 2:31, two horses abie to trot a mile below 2:20. A close thoroughbred cross in the dam of each one of these horses would, it is reason- able to supposc, have kept the white feather in thie backeround,” + Now, the writer of that parazraph probably did not know that he was committing the rauk- €t kind of heresy when he peaned those words, but such fs the fact. The *‘Lwo horses adle to trot a mile below 2:20”7 were Prospero and Mid- pioht. The latter, although laving a record of 2:18%/,is s0 well known as a quitter thatno one would be surprised were he to be beaten in 2341 Witk Prospero, however, the case is dif- ferent. He 3s one of the Turf’s particnlar vets, and his . sire—Messesger Duroc—is an- other. Perhaps no horse in the country has been more _overrated than the Jatter. Backed by the wealth of his owner, and bred for about lenyears to the best snares in the country, be Lias succeeded in getting three animals thas have beaten 2:30. ‘These are Prospero, Dame Trot, and Eloine. But the peculiar part of the matter Jies in the fact that these three horses are out of e same dam, a mare by Harry Clay. Now, if with all his opportunities Messenzer Duroe has been able tosire but three colts that have beaten 2:30 in a race, and all these have a com- thon dam, the conclusion is irresistible that Is the merits of the dam, aud not those of the sire, that gave them speed. Prospero and Dame Trot will quit. Of this there is no doubt, but it js hardly falr for the Turf to lay the bjame of this unfortunate quality on the dam—even if 1t belongs there—without also fving her the credit of imparting the speed which bes enabled ove of them to trot i 2:20. In order to show how Prospero and Midnight quit in the race above alluded to, the following Eummary of it is given: CLEvELAND, July 27.—Purse, '$2,000, for 2:20 e J. Splan's b. m. Adelaide. .. 42111 NP Cioernt B 11633 W. Pa 77542 c’s. 23270 3540 583 3r0 J. Murphy's ch. g. Richard........ Z. E. Simmons' b, g. Xansas Chief .. Van Ness' 5 s gr. . Albemarle 22, 2:22, 224y, TRACK TALE. Bair, the Cincinnati driver who developed Maud 5., has received six youne trotters from Boston, whose education as trotters he is to complete. 2 Mr. Charles M. Town has been re-clected Sec- retary of the Point Breese Park Association. A good man in the wrong place.—/’Aiadephia City Jtem. Lady Voorhees, record 2:23}¢, well known in Chicago, was sold at auction in Philadelphia last Wedneedar, to close out the estate of the late R. W. Mackey. Proteine is reparted to he wintering nicely in Kentucky, and it is thought thaz her * mame " | lew will tand tralning. Lida Bassctt, who is ab the same place, vever looked better. Red Cloud, record 2:18, is announced to be all richt agaiv. Itis proper to state, however, that the same yarn has been luunched at an un- suspecting public every spring for the last three vears. Vera Cruz, the horse that at one time was talked of as a mateh for Mollie McCarthy, slip- ed recently und hurt himsell fn the brisket. The accideut was not severe enough, however,to stop his trainin, . The only noted_horses destroyed by the burn- ing of the New York Tattorsalis in New York City. were Girlie, by Geurgze Wilkes; 2 pair of Norwezian ponics, worth 2,500, owned by Mr. Tavemeyer: and’ the gray mare Tyrilight, that could beat 2:23. A race between gentlemen’s ‘roadsters has been arranged to take place May 20 at Fleetwood Tark, the entrics being Louis Lorillard’s Forest Girl, Col. Kip’s' Duchess, and Foster Dewey’s Jon. 7The judmes will be Charles Backmnan, Sheppard F. Koapp, nud David Bonner, and the stakesa wine supper at Delmonico’s. The Vanderbilts and their relatives seem to be having bad Juck with their fast horses. Smail Hopes has Killed two men, Leander and Ly- sauder ran away not long siuce aud seriously endaugered the” lives of severul persous, unid last w1 Vanderbilt Cross, a nephew of Will- iam . Vanderbilt, was capsized near Central Bridge while his horse wus going o 230 prait, The City Jten gives the facts relating Lo the nresent condition und vrospicets of Uie noted adelphia horses. aunis und Nettie are in good sliape aud Wil be trotted nixt season. Mollie, that_made a 4-year-old record last year of 2:301¢, will be let up for a vear or two. fiillv Barefoot, record 2:28, is o Mike Gordin's hands, and all right. Phil Dougherty and Chance have been brought in from the country, aud are be- ing jogged on the road. Lieut.-Gen. Jouathan Peel, fourth brother of the tnous Sir Robert Peel, and au uncle of the Yrcsent Baranct, died recently in London. . Pecl was one of the leading ligits of the British turf, ranking with the fate Admiral Rous, Lord Glaseor, sud the Rev. Mr. De La Lauude. For almost half d century be has been an authority in Great Britain and in France, and, as {ar back as 1532, he won_one of the classic races, the “Two Thousand Guiveas,” with Archibuld, by Paulowitz. In 1844, with the gallant Orlando, Gen. Peel carried off the blue ribbon of the Derby; aud of alf the Derbys ever run, no one, perhiaps, is of equal interest in the subals of racing. Then it was that the Running-Kein fraud came so near being successtul, It was defeated and exposed by the persistent belief of Gen. Pecl that something was wrong. That something was the fact that’ Running-Rein, who came in first, was a 4-ycar-old. This was proved in a court of law, and the race was given to Or- lando, after the most prolonged contest. BASE-BALL, THR ISTERNATIONAL CONVENTION. About the only matter of any consequence in bass-bail circles during the past week was the meeting of the Internationat Associatlon at Utica. Owing to the contest which has been in progress for some time between the Syracuse and Buffalo Clubs in regard to the champion- ship, it was expected that alively discussion would ensue, and those who lield this view were not disappointed. The whole question ap- parently rested on the view that should be taken by the Judiciary Committee rezarding the game between the Syracuse and Rochester Clubs played Sept. 12. - In the argument before the Committee, counsel for the Buflalo Club contended thut this game should not be counted in making up the championship awazd, as atthe time it was played the Rochesters were virtually in o disbanded condition; in.other words, that the'ghtac was *putiup M inorder to kncrease the chances of the Stars for the championspip. It would secem from the Committee’s report thet they did so regard this game, as in their report the peonant was swarded to Buffalo. To the surprise of evershody, however, the Convention declined to concur in the finding, and voted to award the championship to the Uticas, on the ground that by joining the League both the Buf- falosand Stars had forfeited oll claim to the emblem. This fdiotic picce of legislation was promotly rescinded Thureday morning, and Boftslopiven first place, Syracuse second, and Utica third. { -Devlin was on hand with his vetition for re- instatement, and made a pitcous personal ap- peal to the Judiciary Committée, but without effect, and his chances of a2ain entering the ball fleld as a player may now be considered forever settled. In its closing hours the Convention elected to the Presidency Mr. L. J. Powers, of Spriug- fleld, Mass., formerly President of the Hamp- den Driving Park Association ot that city. He will, of course, be merely a figurc-head, but by reason of his wealth and personal popularity will bring strength to the Association. In repard to scoring, a strong effors was made to abolish the error columu, but without suc- cess. A column showing the sacrifice hits made by players will bo added to the score, and 2 ball somewhat livelier than the one adopted by the League be used. ABOUT SCORING. Efforts are being made by several parties to have the League make some alterations o the present system of scoring. That any cbanges are necessary is a matter of doubt, but still, if the League wishes to experiment in the matter of scoriug, 1t will have plenty of opportuoity to cxperiment uring the coming season on the va- rious schemps that are being advocated by their originators 'If any of these systems were adopt- ed it does not appear that such action would in any way effect 1he presens methods of scoring in use by the newspapers, and uantil they acree on some common plan the action of the League in the matter will amount fo nothing so far as the uolic is concerned. Of course when Sccretary ‘oung made up the oflicial averages at the end of the year, they might differ slightly from thuse which hiad been published by the newspapers several mohths before, and upon that voint alone would there be any chadce of disagree- ment. The pablic looks to the newspapers for its scores and systems of scoring, aud there is no way that the League can impress its pecu- Har jdeas regarding tlis feature of the game upop that public, unless indeed it purchases the leading daly papers in every large city in the country. In Chicago there are at least two different systems of scoring in use by the newspapers. Tue TRIBUNE s its ideas as to how a game should be recorded, aad will continue ta use ihe same form of score- sheet that it has in the past, uniess some palpa- bie improvement should be made. The Syracuse Courier has recently been giving considerable attention to the subject of scorin; and hss’ formulated its ideas in the follow sugeestions: Firstof all, Jet_the error column be abolished from the score. In its place establisha column, which, for want of a micer caption. we shall call *‘resulting erro; * 1n this column shall be re- corded to the credit of the batsman the errors made by the opposing Eide ff his torn st the bat, and those committed thereafter which advance bim around the bnses. In order to show his exact meaning, the wrifer says: **Suppose the Stars en- paged in a ame sgainst the Butlalos. . Dorzangoes to the bat, and batsa buil, ey direct o Force, at €hort, so sharply that the latter cannot hundle it in ume 1o throw Dorzun out at first buse.. Instead of charging Force with an error, Dorzan is credited witha “resultine error.’ o the theory that his stroke was so forcible that it was beyond the ca- pacity of even £o good & ficlder as Force to accom- ‘Dlish a perfect playoff of it. So, if Dorgan is,ad. vanced a base tnrough o passed ball, & wild piici, or bigh throw, credit ftto himinthe ‘resulting error’ column, ™ The Courier argues in effect that desirable re- sults would be attained by abolishing the error column, oo the ground ihat jt is the fear of being charged with errors that prevents players {from attempting to caich gificulr {lies or try to fleld balls which™ can only be safely handled™~by more than the usual amount of roud luck. To support this argument, it cites the case of Far- rell, an unusually active and cfiicient second ‘baseman, who, by the record. stands sisth, and declares that such position isno index of his sbility. The shirkers, it savs, derive comfort from the error column, and the hard-working plarers never get their ducs. “These ideas have been eiven here, not because Tae TRISUNE catirely approves of them, but becanse suezestions of all kiuds that are made in good faith by ecnsible writers should be read by who are interested in the sudbject of twhich they trear, and opportasity for discussion allowed. To base- ball men in Chicagro the preseot system of scoring o 1 secms to meet all the requirements of the game, and they are fudined to fet well enough alone. THEN AND NOW. An Eastern paper has the following, which shows the cphemcral nature of ball-players about as well as anything could: * What changes have occurred In the professional atena within the past decade! Iow many players who were notcd as leaders in the ranks some twelve vears ago hiave cither disnppeared from the flold, been supereeded, or have died! A glance at the list_of ‘professionals of the leading nines of 1867 presents this fact in a very striking manner. Below e zive the nines of the seven promincnt profes. stonal'organizatons of 1867. with the number of games each player took part fn durlng that years ATLANTIC, : ATuveTic. Pearce, 45 Reach, 2 b, 5 . 4 Smitn,’ 2 Mcliride, Start, TD.. shALES 60 Sensenderfer, ¢. 1. Lutuberc 1. SRESYEREE 5% graver, Ward, 1 BeAtec, 0 “Iynn, 1 1. 7 M. Kthg, e, ¥, ] Among the above Jistof players those that are dead are. Hoder, Mills, and Goldie, Those who have left the ficid are Swmith, Crane, and McDon- aid of the Atlautic: all of the Ciucinnatl nine ex- cept Allixon, Harry Wreght, and Gouyd; all of the Mutual nine: all of the Atlantics, except Fisler and Seasenderfer; all of the Eckfords, except Nel- “sonand Egsler; all of the Unions. of Mornsisna, except Georsre Wright; aud all of the Haymukers! Tearce, Start, Chapman, cuson, and also Zett- lein, uf the Atlautics, nre ready for haruess, Pearce beint the vetern of the party, us he began play in ¥55. When one looksat tne Mutual nine of 1877, and thinks of that team being pitted azamst the T0stons of 1878, 4 snile crosses the countenance as the thought of the whinping they would wet pasees through the mind. “The contrast between tne Cincinnatd team of U7 and thatof 78, bow- ever, is the greatest, NOTES OF THE GAME. Craver is running a billiard-room in Troy. Pettit still cling to bis idea of a New York nine. * The uniform of the Troy Club will be gray in color. The New Bedfords will start for California March 1. = Edward Caskin, formerly of the Rochesters, will play in Troy this year. Fulmer, the long-haired second baseman and shortstop, is ‘“‘an actawh” in a Philadelphia theatre. A pame was recently played on the ice in Brooklyn, fu which the square bat was intro- duced.” 1t seewed to work well enoagh. Sullivan still continues to be the subject of conflicting paragraphs. The latest nows is that he is not to be enzaged by the Syracuse Club. An exchange remarks that although Salis- bury, of Cleveland, has retired from the profes- sion, he may make a few aunual farewell tours. Steve Bellan, third baseman for the Haymak- ers, of Lansingburg, N. Y., in the days when the King brothers und “Clipper” Flynn were in their prime, is playing ball in Caba. Morrill will probably captain the Boston nine pext season. He is ‘the semior member of the nine, and the only man in the Club that plaved with [t in 1876. Jones will lead off at bat, with O’Rourke next. Manager Phillips, of the Troy Club, bas de- cided to postpone active operations with his nine until April 1, and the men will report at that time. They were to have gone into train- Iug last Monday. There is a ramor afioat to the effect that the Albany Club, having been refused admission fo the Leagrue, will migrate to Worcester, Mass. There is little chance of making money in Albany at base-ball this year. A floating paragraph says that “Capt. Malone ‘has issucd orders to the Hoivoke nine to abstain from the use of liquor during the playing sea- son, under pain of dismissal.” _Now, if the nine would ouly issue similar orders to Malane, everrthing would be lovely. Denny Mack is in New Orleans checking cot- ton on ihe levees. Denuy played on thé Ath- Ietics when they won the chambionship, and for beating the Lord Baltimores be was pulled out of the omuibus in the streets of Baltimore, and bad » “head puvon bim,” which was rough on’ Denny, as be is a gentlemanly ball-player.” His little fair fouls are now barred out; but they were o winning card when allowed.— Washing- ton Capital. It is said that the Syracuse Stars fntend to divide their playing equally between Rochester and Syracuse next season, and, judsing by the personnel of the men enmaged, the report scems plausible. They are about ona par with the Rochesters ot last seasou—perbaps not quite as good, but good cnough to be beaten six zames out of ten. Itis talent of that kind Rochester is accastomed to and patronizes; anything better it would be at a loss to understand.—./tochester Demacrat. “The champion clab of San Francisco, the Athletics,” says the Call, “have recently fitted up in superb style a euite of rooms, Noa. 25 und 26, at 620 Washington street. Never before in this part of the country hove we seen neater aud more commodious apartments for club purposes. The ceiling and walls have_been frescoed, and the floors are covered with Brussels carpet. The front room—32x4 feet—is fitted up with one of the best billiard tables, and this is a meons to keep the boys *at home’ at all times. Weare elad to see the leading base-ball club taking 1his step,.and trust and the losser lights of tuis particular sport will emulate their example.” The Cincionatl Commercial says: At the next Leazue Convention, to be held within a . few weeks at, Buffalo, n strong effort will be made by delegates trom Cleveland, Syracuse, Troy, and Bulfalo to have the prices of admis- siou to the games reduced from 50 cents to 35 cents, the visiting clubs to still reccive 15 cents per head. Failiny to make it general, they will endeavor to make it optional with the ubs.” To this a Buflalo paper adds: It isto be hoped for the interest of the orrapizations that the other delegates will sanction the reduc- tionor the optional plan. Public opinion is strong in Buffalo amainst exorbitant charees, and uniess the Buflalos are allowed to make their own rates or the standard prices are low- ered, they will mot pay expenses next season.’” BILLIARDS. . A SENSELESS ARGUMENT. The Spirit of the Limes, shich in billiard mat- ters always takes the stand that anything which comes from the West can by no possibility be of any account, has delivered itself of an opic- ion to the effect that Sebacfer 13 not the cham- pion billiard player of the world, and that the recent tournament in which be sigoally defeated every one who entered the lsts against him was not for the championship of the world, al- though so advertised by its projectors, who of- Sered prizes of suflicient magaitude to warrant thelr claiming the title. The Spiric holds that 1t was a misnomer to style that tourncy one for the championship of the world, for the reason that Vignaux still bolds the Collender cup emblematic of that distiaction, and no man can become world’s champion without defeating Vignaux, unless he should - voluntarily resign his position, although there is some ground for the claim that Sexton holds the world’s cham- pionship at the three-ball game, because Vie- naux refused to accept a ebullenge from Sexton which complied witl: the rules.”? ‘This argument, is in strict accordance with the peitiforzing style adopted by the Spovit when- ever it attempts to discuss billiard matters. Its position is: Schaefer cannot be world’s cham- pion beeause Vignaux holds the Collender cup; but Sexton ¢can ba hecause he chalienzed for the cup, Perhaps the areument regacding Schaefer’s claim to the title mizht have carried some weight had not Mr. Buck attempted to show that is_pruteze, Sexton, was still the best bitliard player on earth, although defeated in the recent tournament by two Chicago players, neither of whom, in the opinion of the New York sporting journalg, bad theslightest chance of winning first prize, but who mzoaged to cap- tare both firsg and sceond. -It seems that the Collender cup, about which the Spirit is making b much fuss, is in * soak 7 at Tonlouse, TFrance, and that almost anybody who wants hie cmblem can eecure it by making satisfactory financial arrangements with the pawnbroker in whose possession it is. Here is a fine chanee for some .wealthy young man to acquire the title of world’s champiou, and have his claims to the title backed up by the Spirit. 1t is very consoling to learn that Vignaux has kept the in- terest on the loan procured by the deposit of the cap paid up, so that forendiug purchasers need fear no arrearages in this direction. The truth of the matter is, that the failure of Sexton to accomplish what all the sporting jour- nals had often declareq him caoaole of doing in the way of playing billiards, bas been anotber bitter pill to the editors of these sheets to swal- 1ow, and a too fntimate scquaintance with drasy- poker and the flowing bowl is now put forward 85 an cxeuse for his want of success. This scheme will not work, and.the assertion of tne Spirit and, until another tournament is played, “Schaefer will rank as champion of rafl billiards, Soxton us champlon of America, and Vignaux a3 champion of theworld, s too absurd to deserse much attention, Scnaefer has woa the title of world’s champion by honest: playing, and any attempt to deprive him of it will only result in the discomfiture of those engaged i the traps- action. TIE PROPOSED CHANGE OF GAME. Ever since the receot tournament in New York, when the Western players, Schaefer and Slosson, demonstrated their ability to defeat the Eastern cracks, the sporting papers of thatcity, nided by one or 4o of the dailies, have becn making'a greac hurrah over & oroposed chanwe in the game. Althoush the matter Is preseuted in a very artful manner and set' fortd wirh spe- clous arruments, the public hasnot failed to diseover that it is gimply the scheme of a bil- iard-ring, which is never salisfied unless its favorites win all the emblems for which they contend, and whose members are- more than ever chagrined that Signal defeat should have been saministered to these same favorites by the Western players, aud especially by Schaefer. This young men . is especiaily an object of their hatred. By nttention to ‘st ness, a sover life. aud assiduous practice, he hus raised bimsell from obscurityto the highe pinnacle of fame known to the bilard world, ‘Ihis was something as uuexpected as it was un- satisfactory, and the New York billjard ring at once nncnud their guns ubon him, Secing thut they could not achieve the end sought for by fair means, they cast sbout for some device whereby his skill might be crippled, if not ren- dered entirely uscless. A change-in the man- ner of playiug the game was their only hope, and, to bring abauy this result, they are now bending every energy. Rail playing must be barred, or Schaefer aind Slosson can beat all the Freuchmen that a linc-of-battle ship coutd carry across the water. In order to work up 8 proper degree of public sentiment on the subject, the play- ers in the late tourndwent were jnty viewed, Those whom the ruil play had de- feated were, of course, auxioys for n change, and 6o expressed themsclves. It was a clear case of coon with the They could never hooe to beat Schaefer, now that he hud learned their game 8o much better than themselyes, cousequently anvthing ¢lse would be hailed with favor. ‘The larze runs made by rail-players, said (he New York papers, were monotonous. This statement is abour as Giametrically opposed to the truth as it well could be. Evervbody with an ounce of brains ‘| knows that Iarge runs are what please the auai- ence, and it is a notorious fact that in a matel between Sexton and Garnier, when the best run was about G5, half the audicnee left the hall dis- gusted, and the balance went cally to sleep, Such pettifogeing arcaments as these will nog do. Jacob Schaefer has_fairly won the cham- plonship, and beaten the French and other East- ern players at theirown game. If they can beat him in turn at the same game, let thewm do it I uot, a discreet silence would be the next best thing. 3 PEDESTRIANISM. MME. LA CHAPPELLE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED » HER WALE of 2,700 quarter-miles in 2,700 quarter-hours at the Folly Tbeatre last evening in the presence of an immense audience, every seat being taken before 8 o'clock. At1o'clock yesterday morn- ing the little woman bad 2,613 quar- ters to her credit, and through the weary watches of the tarly morning she plodded steadily along, never uttering a word of complaint, although'suilering terribly from sore fcet and the nervous prostration which a walk of this kind necessarily entails. At 8 o’clock in the morning 2,642 quarters had been gone over, and as the last day of the long. walk began the pedestrinu was evidently in better spirits than for some time previous, the knowledge that victory was slmost within her crasp aud the end of her sulfer- ings at band cheering her on. Steadily she went along, and by 9 o'clock large numbers of people began to arrive, al- though there were several who called before breakfast, and not & few who bad remained in the building during the night. it belng a holi- day, and business more or less ab a standstill, numbers improvea the opportunity to witness the close of the greatest pedestrian feat ever at- tempted in the West. Noon came, and as ihe bell- struck the hour,. tho 2,636th quarter was finished amid a general harran from the audi- ence. the auditorium having by this tiwe be- come well filled. In the afternoon thdre was a still larger erowd, which continued to steadily increase in numbers, until, as sbove stated, cvery available seat was taken at 8§ o’clock in the evening, at which time the tally-sheet showed 2,659 quar- ters to have been gone over. Then the fun be- gan. At each apocarance of La Chappelle the crowd would applaud vigorously, to which the Jitrle woman responded with smiles. She wore Ler favorite red suit, and made the laps in some- what better style than had been her custom, be- ing accompavicd cach quarter by ~Mr James Smith, the iwell-known fast ‘alker, or Mr. Clarles Davies, nér manager, who, 0 addition to being a first-clnss ormanizer and promoter of pedestrian exhibitions, is also quite speedy, baving a record for one mile of 7:32. At 10 0'clock. while they were walking the 2,600th quarter, the Madame was presented with an elecant floral tribute in the shape of a shio, the receipt of which caused the sunniest kind of a smile to overspread the liftle woman’s countenance, while ‘Davies, who enjoyed the honor of carrying the flowers, was fairly beam- ing with satisfaction over the interest taken by the public iu his protege. As tie time wore away, wsud the end of the jouiney was near, the enthusiasm increased, and each appearance of La Chappelle caused the wildest applause. When she came out for the 2,697th quarter, a couple of Jadics were walking a mife at quite a rapi Determined not to be beatcu any sty zoing, the Madame begun stepp: style, and flisished the quarter in ¥ 1n addition to the waik between Misses Smith and Gardner, which was won by the latter in 12:06,—Miss Smith ruvoing most'of the way,— there was an exhibition mile by Hale, who fio- ished a mile in S$:86; unda mateh berween Stanton, of indiahapolis, and Vere Smith, the former winning in 8:32. In the 2,695th quarter La Chappelle was ac- companied Dy Smith. Suc started very fast, be- ing evidently sowesvhat excited, as her face was flushed, souiething not before seen, her coun- tenance usually beiug devoid of color. The time of the quarter was d the audience yelled jtselt hoarsc as the little woman went into her room. At this poiut considerable excitement was created by the announcement thut, with the consent of her physician, Dr. Dunue, the Madame had determined to wali fifty hours longer, commencing at the close of the 2,700th quarter. doing_a quarter of a mile every ten minutes. Prolonred applause followed the announcement, the audience evidently admiring the Frenchwoman’s grit in walking 200 quarters more than Madame Anderson was able to accomplish in Brooklyn. It will be re- membered that Anderson, Who is now in_the city, begins nest wetlk the feat of walking 2,03, quarter-miles in 2,058 consecutive ten minutes, and it is with the idea of ‘‘taking the sbi from this performance that La Chappelle’s fity- Tour walk is undertaken. s When the bell rang for the last. quarter La Chappelle darted tirough the opeu door of her room and begau tearing around the track at a fearful pace. The eotire audience rose, and shouted as each lap was made. The stage was filled with spectators who leaned over the foot- Iizhts and encourazed the waiker by rounds of applauge. Mr. Smith walked with her, and the final quarter was done in the remarkably fast time of 2:0¢. When tlic excitement had in some derree sub- sided, the Madame was brougiit upon the stage, and Mr. Charles Davies, in a neat speech, pre- sented her with varions emblems sent in by ad- miring friends. Among_ the lot was a pedome- ter, the gift of Giles Bros.; an elegant old crpss, fror a gentleman who did not Jewve his name; a gold medul, from mnembers of the the- atrical profession; and a Jarge gold medal with the figurc of a female pedestrian on oue side, while the other bore e following inscriptions PRESESTED T o MIE. LA CHAPPELLE, Champion Pedestricnne of the-World, by Her Cxum%fl Frienas, Feh, 22, 1879, at the Foily Theatre, on the com- Dletion of ber walkof 2.700 quarter-miles in 2,700 quarter-hoars, under the management of the DAVIES Dros, La Chappelle gracefully bowed her thanks, and at the expiration of ten mivutes cntered upon her fitty-hour walk, dofug the first quar- terin4:21, SUNDRY SPORTS. ATHLETI A very fine athlctic, pugiiistic, and pedestrizn exhfbition was given last Wednesday evening at at the Atheneum Gymnasium, Nos. 48 to 54 Dearborn strect, by someof the best athletes in the city, who kindly tendered a compliment- ary benefit to Prof. C. O. Duplessis, the manager of the gympasium. There was a largeand de- lighted audience. The programme fncluded walking on a twenty-two-lap track by Gus Olm- stead and James Smith, the former doing a mile in 7:4437 and the latter in 7:343{; a novel per- formance on the suspended perch by Charles F. Miller; a daring double trapeze act by J. Redick and H. Duplessis; and some very grreeful lo- dian-club swinging by George Benedict.” The *“ maaly art 7 was illustrated by Messts. Gal- laher nud Benedict, Doraey and Bowea, and Tearney and C. O. Duplessis. The feats on the horizontal and parallel bars by members of the Atheneum class and West Side Turners showed great skill and nerve, while the tumbling, espe- clally James Wood’s double somersaults from the spring-board, brought down the house. The gsmoasium is in excellent condition, largely patronized, und has a_fine walking track for those who wish to rival O'Leary. PUGILISTIC. Drwyer, the Brooklyn pugilist who is to fizht Elllott, renched Chicago last Friday, and will 800n give an exbibition bere, Ed Seward, a well-known boxer, who has been sojourning in Chicago for the past few months, went to Akron, O., last week, to arrange the preliminarics ol a scrap with Tim Collios, but the latter failed to show up at the appointed time. Seward now claims the light-weight champiouship of the West, and is ready to.back up bis claims against a1l comers. AQUATIC. The Farragut Boat Club held its regular monthly meeting last Monday, but transacted Do busiuess of importance. March 8, the Exccutive Committee of the Mississippi Velley Amateur Rowing Association will meet fn this city, and fix the date and place of the rezutta to be lield next July. It is prob- able thut Moline or Keokuk will be selected. ——— CONDITION OF WOMAN. Lecture by Mrs. Kute N. Doggett Before tho Philosaphiesl Socioty. Mrs. Kate N, Dotgett delivered an exceeding- y interesting lecture last evening before the Thilosophical Soclety on “The Condition of Woman Under Our Own and Other Reliziops.” 1t had been said, she remarked, that the truest test of the enlizhtenment of 2 pation was the social and religfous condition of its women, and the statement was readily admitted iu the ab- stract, though mot when applied at home. In the beginning of things there was probably equal- ity of right. ‘That is, those took who would, and kept who could. Then a Safique Iaw became the universal one of " inneritance, not of zoods or Kingly power, but of the sncred fire. So not the brate force, but religion, in whose names had been committed most of the crimes that disuraced humanity, broaght about the change by which one-half of the hu- mau race tpok the rights to themselves and as- signed the duties to the other fraction. Mrs. Doggett quoted largely from the Vedas, the Iliad, the lyssey, the Raymayana, the Mababharata, aud othereelics of ancient lore in oroof of ber claim thut woman in the by-gone ages occuvied o higner plaue, socially and relig- icusly, than in the succceding ages and under later Torins of religious belief. Her citations were exceedingly apt, and showed the honor and esteem in which woman was held, and the perfect equality, the compleie sym- pathy, the tender affection esisting between the husband and the wife. She glanced, in pensing, at the story of Adhilles and Briscis, the offer by Agamemnon to the sulking hero, and the digaitied refusal of the latter to accept the proficred hand of the daugbter of his leader. 1Tad Achilles enjoyed 1.800 years of our civiliza- tion, remarkea Mrs, Dopgett, he would have drawn a revolver, shot the messenger who brought the offer, pretended to shoot, Agamem- non. slightly wounded himself, and then writ- ten a three-column article for the newspaper. The Iecturer then traced the condition of woman o later times, remarking upon her grad- aal but steady social and religious degradation aud subservience ta the stronger vessel, and drawing upon ber well-stored mind for numer- ous and aopropriate quotations bearing upon the position taken. [Eighteen hundred vears of professed follow- ing of the teachings of ¢ the best of men who eer wore carth about him,” she continued, should have given us in Christian lands one ex- ample to set beside that ot the reception of Helen, repentant-and rehabilitated, but she did not remember to have read of it. She had searched dilizently from Genesis to Revelation, amnd mowhere found an ideal pair like that of which we read among the Pheacigns, or an ideal home like that of Arete. 8he did not find the mother of us all eagerly availing herself of the first opportunity to secure the greatest boon,— knowledge,~—and, when blame and not pleasare as the result, the tirst men did what, in the lecturer's opinion, the last of his descen- dants would do: Fearing to face the deed he did wvot commit, - he thrust the woman forward as the criminal. Sa- rab, cruel, pitiless, lying and consenting to a lie; Rebekuab, the unnatural mother, with her mother-in-law’s proclivity for falsehood: Rachel,—but she would gladly put out of signt the falsehood, theft, the unsisterly bickerings, all the wretchedness of the household of the many-wived Jacob, and remember only the first kiss and the seven long years of serving—these were someof thewomen of the Bible. Miriam fell into grievous sin,when she did not like her sister- fo-Iaw, and for her fault she became leprous,— white a5 snow. The storles of Bathshepa, of ‘Tamar, the daugbter of David, she did not be- lieve could be paralleled in Aryan literature. ‘There was a gleam of light, a promise of zood to come, in the orief story of Huldah, the first woman interpreter of cation Jaw in Jewish bis- tory. Clarke, the commentator, in refer- rin” to Hpldab, remarked that a simple woman, possessing the Jove of God in her soul, might have more knowledze of the divine testimonies than -many of those whose office it is to_explain and enforce them. A commou-sense view,” continued the lecturer, teand the question at once oceurs, Why not invest the Huldabs,who know,with the rights of office, and leave the Bilkinhg, who do pot Know, to exercise their talents in other directionsi” Cominy down, then, to the Christian era, the Iecturer referred to the poor lonely women who followed Christ during His miistry, for whom the Master was full of kinduess and tender merey. But the spiric of our religious polity was Pauline, not Curistlike. Women were ad- monished by the Apostle to keep silence in the churches, and, if they would learn anytbing, to ask their busbands at home. It was supposable, however, that those husbands themselves did not know. One-half of the human race, accord- ing to the Pauline lozic, was to be in silence and subject to the other balt because Adaw was kneaded up out of dusta few_hours betore Eve was made out of one of bis side bones. There . were women even in Paul’s day, however, who were full of grace, who prophesied, and in whose houses there were churches; and yet he was not ashamed to forbia them the cxercise of any Tunction connected with the Church,except min- istering to his needs. - But, if this was her state under our religions law, was the State more just to woman than the Cnurch! Man gronped those to whom special kindness should bLe shown in this wise: “Woren, children, crazy men, fools, ete.”” Imitating this classification, but in_ a different spirit, * the freest Government in the worid, " one whose bill of rights aflirms that ** all gov- ernments derive their just powers from the con- seut of the governed,” so far as all political rignts upder it were concerned, classed all its women—inaidens, wives, and mothers—with idiots, paupers, lunatics, and convicted felons. "I¢ lecturer was applanded as she concluded, but it was observable tbat her position was rather warmly criticised daring the half hour or more which it is customary to give to such of the members os desire to express them- selves, and their ‘spproval or disapproval of the views advanced. Among those who briefly replied last evening were Judgze Booth, Mrs., Wilard, Dr. Konler, Judre Els, und others. AMrs. Willard, who admitted that she thonght a ood deal of Paul, und believed be ouzht to be defended, remarked that it was very natural to ,suppose that bie would never have admonished women to be sifent if some women hadn't taken occasion to say something, and to bave said it 10 a way that was ncitber edifying nor becom- ing. {Laughter.] She thought he was entirely rizht 1b what he said, aud that be mizht have satd more aud not been at all out of the way if ibebad declared that about one-half the men 'ought to keep silent too. [Laughter.] SUICIDAL, Crcrswarr, Feb, 22—Mrs, Henry Smith, residiog on the Walker MIll road, a short dis- tance from the city, whose busband is a misera- ble sot; depending upon is wife’s earnings for support, became desperate, cut her own throat and inflicted o gnsh upon each arm in the eu- deavor to commit suicide. She now neslln a Specict Disalc?: to The Tridune. JANESVILLR, Wis., Feb. 22.—Joseph Luke, a shoemaker of Mineral Grove, who -has long heen addicted to drink, and tried in vain to re- form, took strychnine yesterday, and although he repented of his act and sent for a doctor, died before hls arrival. ———e— CAPITAL'S CRY FOR CHEAP LABOR: Special Dispatch 10 zue Trisunz, -New Yong, Feb. 22.—The German Repuablic- an Central Committee adopted lust evening, but not unantmously, resolutions requesting the Presiaent to veto the Chinese immigration bill. - the lower Court. CITY FINANCES. Decisions in the Scrip and Certifi- cate Cases. The Validity of the Former Fully Sustained. Meeting of the Council—Increasing Various Salaries, SCRIP AND CERTIFICATES. In March of last year a bill was filed in the Circuit Court for an Injunction to restrain the city from paying the certificates of 1877 and prior years on the ground that they were illegal. At that time the credit of the municipality was good; sll the money needed could be had at 6 per cent; and the machivery, well-oiled, was running smoothly. This bill was fieuratively a cart-load of sand. Dumped among the wheels of the Government, they ceased io revolve. Mayor Heath, "the Comptroller, and the Corporation Counsel didn’t koow what to do. When the Circuit Court dismissed the bill for want of equity they felt better. When notice of an appeal was given they were sad -agaie. The Appellate . Court, however, cheered them up by aflirming the judzment of But these favorable decisions gave no relief. 1t was conceded all around that it would not do to contipue the issuance of the certificates, though the Government bad been carried on in that way for years, and those of 77 had held to be valid by Judze McAl- lister, whose opinion was rezarded 3s an iudex of that of the Supreme Court. 1t wus thought best, bLowever, to be on the safe side, in vicw of the decisions of the Supreme Court in the Spningfield and Law cases, 5o the present scrip idea was hit npon, it being believed to be in conformity with the rute 1aiddown'isi the former cuse. Bub a taxp: hopped on to this slso, and applied for an in- juuction to stop the printing-presses just us They had Hoticn in good running order. What afffexcitement it produced around the ‘“‘rook- ery”t Officials predicted that there would have to be a “shutting up of the sbop,” und an abandonment’ of the peoble and their property to the thieves and the thugs. Asin the other case, the bul was dismissed for want of equity, and, to save time, by couseat, an allirmatory decree, pro forma, was entered in the Appellate Conrt. It was of great importance to the city to secure early Ue- cisious in both cases, especially that involving the validity of the paper then being paid out, since it was the only means the city bad of pay- ing"the empldyes. In the other 51,700,000 was at stake, but the holders, though frizhtened somewhat, could afford to wait. ‘The Septem- ber term at Ottawa was too far off, so the two were taken down to M{ Vernon, in the Southern District, and the arguments made in June, with the ex- pectation :F}-.‘\xt. opinions would be filed by Sep- tember. They Were not, however, and, as a re- sult, all of the 1877 certificates except §1,200 have been redeemed, and only $321,00 of the 759 are now outstanding. A dispateh was received from Mt. Vernon yes- terday stating that the opinions had at last been filed,—one adverse to and the olher in favor of the city. In the caseof Fuller vs. Chicago, in which was involved the validity of the certificates, the Court reverses the judzment of the Appellate Court, and remands_ the cause. They hold the paper to be void, in that it is drawn upon the tax of 1875 or 1877 generally, whereas g warrant should have been drawn upon the particular fund to which the moncy had becn contributed. This was particularly true of the *75s, but the Court says, us to the 777, that the Treasurer is ordered to pay to the Dolder so much money, and chargeit to such funa; that that is not drawing agaiust the fund, since the Treasurer tiight charze the amount to the fund though there mizht be po money the fand with which to redeem the warrant. But the Court express the opinion that, the monmey having been contrib- uted to the funds, the holders of the certfficates arc eqoilably entitled to bave it refundea out of the taxes fur those sears, when collected. The decision is simply that the warrants were Dot in proper form, and that an injunction will lie to restrain their issue, but not to prevent the peopte whbo loanéd the city money from getting it back if the taxes come fn. But it settles also the question of paying interest, if any doubt existed on the sub- Ject. 1In the other case, Faller vs. Heath, which in- volyed the valiaity of the present scrip, the decision of thelower Courts is affirmed for the reason thatthe paper conforms substantially to the rulings in the Springfield and Law cases. This will bring joy 1o the holders of the two millious and over of scfip now out, sioce all doubt of its legality is removed. 1t wnl also bring relief to the city officials, Who, though confident they were acting within the Jaw, had some misgivings on account of the loog delay of the Supreme Court in reaching a conclusion. THE COUNCiL. The Coundil held an adjourned meeting yes- terday afternoon, Ald. McCaffrey in the chair, and absent Oliver, Eiszoer, Cook, Daly, and Jonss. S The consideration of the Appropriation bill was resumed, the first item taken up being $1,900 for the Second Assistant Fire-Marshal. Ald. Lawler moved to increase to $2,500. Ald. Rawleizh moved that the salary be the same as last year, §1,560, which scemed to be satisfactory to the oflicer- Ald. Thompson moved to strike out and put in $2,000. Ald. Tuley spoke ngainst tncrensing salaries 333 per cent, and ‘burdening the city with an ropriation that would destroy the littie eredit ?I‘I:Z 21}:,\- had. The people would not pay such taxes. Ald. Beidler safd men would pay a bonus for the position at the salary pad last year. Ald. Gilbert moved gs a substitate to make the amount $1,750. The ftem was allowed to stand as reporfed,— yeas, 19; nays, 7, as {ollows: Yeas—Sanders, Cary, Gilber! TLodding, Cullerton, Riordan, Throop, _Seaton, Thompson. Ntesen, Wetterer, Jansse Nays—Pearsons, Tule: ler, Rawleigh, and Knoj i Ald. Carysaid it scemed to be the disposition of the Council to increase the salaries, and, to save time, b ed that the report of the Finance Committee as to them be adopted. - Ald. Ryan wanted to amend so that the en- s should receive $1.020, the same 85 last year, {ustead of $850 as reported. Ald. Thompson moved asan amendment to the amendment to give the Captains $1,080 and the engineers $1,080, what they were voted last year. He couldn’t sce why they should be asked to work for less then lust year. Ald. Cullerton said he favored the motion 1o adont sll the -salgries at first, but, on looking the list over, be found that some bad been re~ duced and others increased. £ Ald. Cary withdrew the motion. ‘The salary of the Third Assistant (31,700) was not intertered with. i A snag was struck in “salary of six assistanis at $1,500 each, $9,000.”" Ald. Tuley was opposed to superfluous of- ficers, seeing no mecessity for them; and he hoped the Department would be reoreanized the coming year in this respect. There should be more men and fewer officials. This speech, however, had no cffect, the ftem going through,—Tales, Pearsons, Pllclps and Beidler only voting nay. Mallory, Tarner, awler, McNurne) “There was a quatrel over the Chict Clerk’a’ salary, $2,000, Lawler making o specch in favor of $2,200, and asserting that things were not as cheap as had been ‘ represented. He paid the same_house-rent he paid teu years azo; and paid 33 cents for butter, which® was not much Iess than the price in 1369, Ald. Gilbert asked if he paid cash. . Ald. Lawler sald he did. ~ He could get butter for 20 cents a pound, but he wouldn’s cat, it. That was the way some men ot rich. Laughter. ; A‘l‘:’:me&gii)ment ]pf tAhl. Knopf to fix the sal- ary at $1, wa3 lost. The ftom was atiowed to stand as reported. Ald. Thompson made an effort to intrease the salary of the nssist?:l!. clerk from $900 to 31,080, but. nsuccessful. “AI:?B I‘jnwlcr songbt to befriend the store- keeper, for whom $9U0 was asked, by giving him 3L Tales tried to oust bim entirely, bt failed, three Alderman only joining bim. The item was not distarded. The “veterinary surzeon and medicine, $1,~ 400, went through, though Ald. Smith wanted to add $200, and Ald. Cary to fop ofl $400. s Salary of forty Capaias av $1,000 cact, $40, 000, provoked some talk. “A1d. Tuley moved to increase to $1,020, the same as last year. Ald. Thompson moved to amend dy making the salaries $1,050 cach. ‘Ald. Cullerton supported the latter, desiring to scc them compensated for the “unjust de- ductfon ”” of 5 per cent of last year, made e Connell bad voted on thelr batasten = " %: h’izshest sam ws aereed to. . 'h cm, “ealary of forty Lientenant 15 eac, S50, s not changed, o o e salaries of thirty engineers trom 00 to 3108, n:imfi'nu o A0 gl ‘The item, “twenty-nine assistant 390%-" = 'x;doptcd-m engineers at Ald. Lawler wanted the 123 pipemer :{‘uc‘kmlcn to get is‘.)so, iust:ngssrgsoo, 1nhnu.:g ¢ latter was an increase of aver lass butonly Stauber stood by hizy, g “The salary of seventy-five drivers at 3900 was passed. The Fire-Alarm Department salaries were thus fixed: Superiotendent, $2,500; chtef operator, $1,59; two operators, $1,200, instead of $1.000 each, as recommended; three assist- ant operators, $1,000, instead of 3900 three re- P at $900; one batteryman, $%0, instead 700, D'el'he clut:xlLfldfliLisobl:notmo’ t&c salaries of the Fire partment was S5, e $354,- 89 fostead of e s ‘The item to deduct * cask fro; sonrees, $120,000,” was dehnm{l simelancony Ald. Tuley moved to amend by foserting “to be paid o sularies of $1,000 and under.” ‘Ald.‘snry didu’f zhml:humz ought to prevail, since it was onl flklf!"fsi_h ly another way of reducing % Throop thought it would result in much jealousy aud complaiat. tio ‘Jfilfi. r%ntiun was lost. 3 S ‘uley moved tomake the amount $150,~ i\i[:m lost, et changing the deficiency item to 50 a8 to conform with the increase, makgi?'stfé Secormenied by e Gomier, S S pomrndcd. Yy mmittee, the Conncil LATE LOCAL ITENS. Charles Spencer, who was burned by the ex- plosion of a barrel of gasoline at the Alhambra saloon, corner of Randolph and Dearborn streets, died of his injuries at C Hospital yesterday. A8 Connty At about 9 o’clock yesterday morning " Coliwell, taacr of the bospital 1 the Sous o the Bepuctt Medical College, on State street, reported to the palice that the remains of three stili-born babes packed in o box were found on the steps of the bosoital. Where they came from or by whom they were left is un- kouwa, Capt. Forbes, of the Indianapolis police force, arrived in this city last evening having in charge A, K. Lucas, who was arrested in _that city upom a telegram &eut by Supt. Seavey. The Indianapolis police always supose that a string with a_reward to -the Chicazo end of it is attached to every prisoner arrested, and to this Lucas owes bis capture. Lucas lett this city Sept. 12 of last year, a defaulter to the extent of $1,250, which he aporopriated in the office of Carne & Drury, where he was employed as bookkteper. He came . originally from Copada, aud was for a thne in the employ of Williams & Co., commission merchants.. It was supposed that b hau spent the money in riotous living, as he took with hkim a woman; and left bis sick wife and toree children at Rilzeland. The prisooer . had little to say, and insisted that be Kuew nothing at all about an embezzlement. —————_ A COMPROMISE OFFERED, Sax Fraxcisco, Feb. 23.—The Hibernia Brewery, of which Mathew Nunan, Sherif, is head, having been seized by a revepue cflicial for neglect to comply with the law in canceiing the stamps on the barrels, and bonded in $7,000, has ollered to compromise for about half the amount of the boed. Similar proposals were made by the match and cigar firms involved. C DOORS. THE GREAT DESIDERATUM, ° Van Osdel’s Automatic Doors for Closing Elevator Cpenings. ‘This much necdod and imporfant taveatlon 1s 10w [a. practical oeration. SIXty elevator openingain this eles have Uiese doors attaciied; they g1V yerrect satls- fuctlon 10 parties uelng them. ' They sre aiways closed €except when the cievaior (s prssing. No persun can 1all thraugl the clevator-was at aay ume. The elevator canuot fafl a greater distance ttian the hizht of one story. _ Theg prevent fee (rom passing frum one story o an0tnwT. ~ ‘They are nolseless in thcir oneration, re- qulre but little ZGrce of the elevator in_opening them. Ini shaft ia required wiiere these doors are ey s durable, and require but liztle attention 1o Keep tient in adjustioent. 1 am prepared to attach these dovrs 10 eleyator upenings ut short notice. i JOHN M. VA Audress AN 1 Bouth Clark-at, e ERUSIES, PARKERS ~ RE- TENTIVE _COM- MON SENSE TRUSS, Patented July 3, 1878—an \mprovement ' in Trmes for 1heretention and cure of bad caaes of rudtare, retsin. 1In;c cases where the band falis to hold the parts. I: Is bid cases of that show perfection in 3 fruss. tupture Lecomes large by Ui-fteins rrosses more frequensly than by neglect. and hnproves by Droper NTuius trusses, f not vured. Dr. Parker. the patentee. has had twenty years’ experience in adjusting trusses, nd w1} take 3p2ciat pans in all cases. 1f you cannot vall, write, stating: your case. B BETMAN & PARKER, office 59 State- at..” Chicazu, 'msaufactirers of the celebrated Com- mon-Scuse Truss, aopted by the Government as the ‘Dest trusk In use: scle mazulacturers of the 25, patented March 26, 1876, sho inents for deformities, etc. AFANTED. Ohio and Pine or St €lair-sts., By the Board of Education, for o School Stte, having a Frontage of 150 10 200 Feet. Senled proposals, addressed to the Chalrman of the Committes on Butidiazs and Gronnds, will be recefved at L utiices of tne Buard, 85 Fifth-av., wntil uoen of Wedgesday, the 26tb ost. CHR. MOTZ. ¥. AL HOYNE, Committee on Bulldings and Gronnds, LEGAL. ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE. The creditors of Marcus Kronberz. of Chicago, Cook County, JIInols. are hereby noridcd thas he. on the Jith day of Jauuars, asslined to me all bisprog- erty, Tesl and persohal, 1o trust for the decedt of his creditors, and tha they ure reqoired to present thelr claims uhder outh or Jfirmacion to me withln three ‘months from this date. Chicagy, Jug. 13, 1879, EADFORD BASCOCK, Autgnce, 50 Lasalle-se., Chicago, Tenney & Flower. Attorne PSNANCIAR. . INOTICHE. TrEAS OFFICE OF THE Co: DEPARTMENT, 3 METZOLLEE OF THE GURAENCY, WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24, 1674, Notlee Is hereby wiven toall pérsons wiip may have clalms sgalnst the German Natlonal Beank ot Colcago that the saame must he presected to James M. Flower, lecelver, at Chicago, Lliinois, with the lewsl proof thereof. within three months from this date, of tey will be disallowed. JN NOX, Comotroller of the Currency. CiGARS. CIGARS. Jugtreceived o very choico invores of Im- ported Cigars from the fluest manufactured in Hevana. Also a large invoice of Clear HavaasCuban hand-mado goads, which we are retailing at wholesale prices. Box trado o spacialty. 110 and 112 MADISON-ST. C.IBRVNE, NCALES. raid BANKS’ STANDAKD oF ALL XINDS. FAIRBANKS,MORSE & 00, 2 111 &113 Lake St., Chicago, Be careful tobuy only the Genuige. NEDICAL, DISEASES A SPECIALTY. ?fi E @ fi \vln’-ri'lnfiflfi.. P nboss 5 Hours, 10t03. DR. J. WILBIRzz e me of the most wonderfal cures on rece ord._Cuwpes: nt 117 assis.ants in aitendance, CRIEZOPODIST, (STEPHENS, "iE CRIROP- odist, 124 Dearborn-st., zives fascant reltez. Stephens’ All- Qlght Salve for barna, bolls, ‘orus. cuts. bruises, &c.: druzt st hove fu:_25c0er box. STRATENA. VAN STAR'S STRATENA, The hest Cement {u the world for mending everyhlo " Praguiss sell Lt *+’All Reauine hasaame in botue.”