Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1879, Page 12

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MARCH #§, 1879--SIXTEEN PAGES SPORTING THE TURF. - AN OLD TIME TROTTER'S TROUBLES. ¥n the currens number of the Zurf appears the following interesting account of the sad fate ‘which has overtaken a once-famous btro;gcr:be ile correspondent, *‘S."” who has been S o for jome weeks, £ends be & roman: tic storv from the old town of San Autonio. He ‘eritee that. an liour previous to his departure for Austin. he was conversing with a number of gen- lemen'in front of the Menge Honse. when a poor- Tooking boree, attached to a butcher's cart, came ingight, The snimal was 80 weak that it was only Dy an effort he pat one’ ool 10 front of the other. Some of the gentlemen commented sarcastically upon the dilapidated appearance of the turnou: While others had words of pity for the poverty an Tecblencss of the horse. All were startled by the Temark of one of the group: ** That, gentlemen, is the celebrated trotter, Silas Richs at Jeast, that is the Jiving shadow of aonge great horse.” The driver was questioned, and be corroborated ‘the statement. He referred the donbters 1o the man “who had carried the chestnut gelding to Texas, and when theidentity of the horse was established he satisfaction of all, it was poscd to_make o purse and boy him. His owhce peiced bimm ae $12.50, and this sum was quickly paid. and the aned trotier relievea from the drudgery of the cart. The eyes of the veteran brichtened as if visions of fairer days loomed before him. A crowd followed him intothe stable, and the greatest sympathy ‘wae mapifested for the avimated skeleton. The awner of 3 large ranche volanteered to give him the freedom of & pasture for the balance of his ex- isience, and a_contribation was taken upto pur- chase corn and oaws to feed him with until the young grass should be suficiently advanced the guestion of grazing beyond a docdbt. In ihe parlor of a saloon _mear by the’ Silas Rich Club was_organized, with L. R. Carpenter, President, and H. E. Tuttle, Sccretary and Treasurer. Among the members are Jeff Mil- ler, Joe Foster, Rodman & Miller. Peter Burns, E. A. Wicks, C. E. Minor, J. C. Manning, S. S. Hig- gins. P. B. Freer, and E. Rische. Our correrpond- ent writes that the chestout geiding was taken 10 Texas to wot azainsta horse called Rodman. He zcored ‘several victories in that State, when his owpers met with reverses, and then he entercd tpon hs_cown-hill tramp. He sank lower and lower, until he became &n ebject of pity, stagger- ing under. the weizht of a butcher's cart in the streets of San Antonfo. If this is not a case of mistaken identity, it ehows that the idols of the torf are not alwaysas tenderly cared for fn their declining years 2s they shonld be. When their powers bezin to wane, instead of strugsling for 1he apulanse of the guarter €treich, they become ‘half-starved menials, crushed by the burdens and 1he blows of cruel task-maeters. ‘The last days of many a gallant racer are clonded with Forrow. /Al Honor to the noble bearted Texans who rescued from a life of poverty and drodgery the aged and ‘worn-out trotter, Silas Rich. As Silas Rich was in days gone by one of the ‘most famous snd popular of Western trotters, and for several seasons was owned and ariven by Chicago mep, there are numerous facts of interest connected with his stay in this city. In order 1o sccure thesc aud presest them to the readers of these columns, 2 TRIBUNE msn called uron Mr. P. R: Morgan, one of the oldest and best-known horsemen in the city, whose mind is stored with reminiscences ol -the West~ ern turf frow its inception to the present day. “Did I know Siles Rich?” said Mr. Morgan; “well, I shonld say I1did. In 1561 the horse came here from Independence, In. He was bred by Silss Cunningbam, Buchanan County, Ia., and sold by him to a Mr. Rich, of Independ- ence, who gave him the name of Silas Rich. He in turn disposed of him to Messrs. McClure and Clark, who brought him tfo Chicago. Shortly after their arrival { purchased him for Daciel Thompson, of Flint, Thompson & Co. The price agreed upon was £1,000, and I handed Clark Mr. Thompson’s check for that amonnt, payadle in currenmey. ‘Give it to mein gold, Pat,’ said he, and I paid him $7.50 more, which covered the premium on gold at that time. At this time Silas Rich' bad a record of £:39, and was G or 7 years old, I am not certain which. The first race we mave him was in the fall of %61, over the old cinder track.. It was mile heats, three in five, ir bar- zess, 2nd Rich won, beating Scalpel :nd others. The following scason we did not do much with him. but in 1863 be trottea a three-mile and re- peat rece bere against Carrie, which he won. He afso trotted at Kalamazoo and Sandwich that scason, being driven by Sam Lensing, who is still in Chicago, and one of the oldest drivers we have. That year he reduced his record, sud at its close was in the 2:34 or 2:35 class. In 1864 he went o St Louis, and vrotted and won a mile heat race agaiost Billy.(afterwards. ¢aliéd Morrisscy), Dayton Belle, and Gen. Grant. Then the same horses had another race, which Morrissey won. This last wus two-mile heats. We then arranged still another, in which Rich was o 2o to wagon, and Pilot Temple and Carrie in barness. This ‘Was a great betting race, and the Chicago bovs made a lot -of money by packing Carrie. She was seiling for from §11 to £14in $100 pools, and they took the short end every time. Frank Lumbard was doing the poot buying for our crowd, and he would sing a verse of a song and then buy a pool. Then we went to Kalamazoo and trotted a race against Scalpel and Mazna Charta. The last-nawed was really the best Lorse in the party, and won the tirst two heats, but we scored him to death before the word for the third was given, and then Scalpel won it. * Surri’ Crooks took Pilot in 1865, and I don’t remember much about his races that vear; but be sturted out with a record of 2:32, which was ot lowered materially. The next season he went to Buffnlo and trotred a two-mile-heat Tace against Gen. Butler and Morrissey. Butler won it in zood time. but in the first heat Mor- y who was' driven by Jum Conlisk, ran into , and threw Dimick, his driver, about forty ht the horse, wno was not injured serionsly, althongh cut some about the legs. Two days alter that we trotted Rich a mile~ Leat race amainst Dan Mace’s horse Panic and others. Panic won. - The pext dav Rich beat a field of 5ix, including Heart of Oak, Gray Eagle, Strathmore, and Morrissey. Everybody played Morrissey for a winner, but Bie was no zood, and after Strathmore had won two heats Rich went on ind won fn order to save the pot. He lost the £ixth heat in 2:37, and then won the seventh in £:32, making all the rest ran to et inside the %az. Cleveland was the next place visited, and there Rich won a.two-miie heat race. From Clevelund -be came to Chicago, where be vedt Medoc snd’ others, - getting a record of 2:20%. I gola him ' the gomeday'to Fawcetie, who had just bought Dexter, and Mike Cavanaugh “of Cincin- pati. Fawcette and Georze Trussell had pur- chased Dexter for the purpose :of beating Cooley, who was then'thought to be a wonder, but by the time Dexter reached here the black horse was no zccount. So they got Rich and started out on a hippodroming tour with him and Dexter. As neither Fawcette or Cay- anaugh lived in Chicago, Rich mnever had his neadquarters bere after their purchase of bim, and I sort of lost track of him from that time on. You know he afterwards got record of 2:2437, und kept trotting pretty steaay up to 1871, when be retired for a while. I think he bad 8 race or_two in 1575, after which he went to Texss. Well, Pm sorry'the old horse has had such bad Inck and hard usaze, but elad to know his Iast days are to be spent in peace. He ‘was a first-class horse in his day at all distances and ways of going, and deserves a rest.” THE JOCKEY CLUB PGESES. The Chicago Jockey and Trotting Club has arranged the purse programme for its June run- ning meeting, as follows: - Frnsr Day—Parse $300, all ages; §75 to second, and $35 to third. Mile and a quarter. Hurdle race, all ages: welter weights; S350 added; $75 to “ sccond, £25t0 third. Mile heats, over four hur- dies. Srcoxp Dax—Purse $400, all ages; $75to sec- opd, $25 to third. Mile heats. Taep Dar—Selling race, purse $300. Horse to ecli for $1,500 1o y proper weight: to sell for $1,000, allowed five pounds: to_scil for 3750, al- Jowed seven pounds; 1o sell for $500, allowed ten pounds. The winuer to be sola at suction fmme- diately after therace, and any excess over the price at which be was entered to g0 to the Club and sec- ond horse equally. _Mile and one-eighth. Handi- cap; purse ‘all ages: S50 to second, $25 to thirds one mile.” Hores to be entered the evening previonsto the race, and acceptances made by § . m. » Forerr Day—Handicap, purse $300, all ages; $50 to second. Horses to be entered the eveni; previous to the race, and acceptance made by § p. m. Dashof amileand a balf. Purse $2: all ages: $50 to sccopd. Three-quarters of a mile. Frrre Day~Sherman Homse parse, $700, all ages; $100 to second; $50 to third. Mile heats, three in five. Handicap hordle. Purse $100, all ages; $100 1o second, $30 to third. Dash of two miles over four hordles. Three 1o start, and owita by different partics. Horsesto be cntered ke evening previous to therace, and acceptance made by 8 p. 1. Stxrn Day—Handicap puree, $350, all ages; $50 tosccond. Dash of.two miles. Horsesto be en- tered the evening previous 1o the race, and accept- ances made by $ p. m. Handicap for beaten horses; parse, $300. ~ For all horses who have run and not or first money anring the meeting; $50 to second, $25 to third. Oce mile and a quarter. Homses 1o be entercd the evening previous to the race, and scceplancesmade by 8p. m. - R TRACK TALK. It is reported that Jack Phillips will drive Jonn H., record 2:20, next season. . Iyy Leaf, the dam of Brambje, recently lost & foal by Bonnie Scotland, it being a full broth- €r 1o Bramble. Alice Ward, that ran’ so many good races throughout the West, under ‘the mansgement T of “Butch,” hus been purchased by oL, H. §; ford for breeding purposes. Price pald, $1,400. The Nipper, 6 years, by Phaeton ‘oat of An- nette, by Lexington, owned by Al Hankins, of this city, is in training at Lexington. Porwers, Huntress, Oscar, Sweetness, Driver, and two “ green ™ ones, will compose the string to be trained and driven by James Goldsmith next season. 2 Col. Abner Taylor, of this city, is happy in the possessfon of a colt by Gen. Sprazue, out of his famous road mare Faony Lee, by Ethan Allen, record, 2:29, Johnr Happy, a 2-year-0ld by Bonnfe Scotland, out of Kathieen, by Lexington, recently rin a quarter over the Nashville course, with shoes on and weights up, in twenty-five seconds. At a recent meeting of the Tennessce Stock Breeders’ Associstion the followingofficers were elected: President, W. S. Shields; Secretary, B.M. Hord; Treasurer, V. L. Kirkman. The pool privileges of the Chicazo Jockey & Trotting Club for 1879, have been secured by illiam Armstrong, Esq., who conducted the pool-selling here so successfully last season. The dates for the sales of thoroughbred year-* lings in Kentucky have been fixed as follows: A, K. Richards, Georgetown, May 27; A. J. Alexander, Spring Station, May 25; M. H. Sanford, North Elkhorn Farm, May 29.. ‘The famous old broodmare Miriam, the prop- erty of A. J. Alexander, was_shot_recently on acconnt of ageand infirmities. Sbe was the erand-dam of Duke of Mageota, and the dam of Mammona, Merril, Marion, Grecian Bend, Hollywood, Mirands, Necy Hall, and Abagail. On the fourth day of the recent New Orleans meetinz the 4-year-old fills, Miss York, was ran into and cut” down oy Essillah. The shock caused her to fall against therails and break her back, death ensuing in a short time. Miss York was owned, by Mike Welch, and had never started before. Wi - . A correspondent of the Spirlt predicts that {he gray mare Golden Girlpownea at Waterloo, N. will beahard oneto beat next sezson, owing to “her wonderful way of going.” At Chical','o last fall her way of goingZ was so won- derful that she was distanced - the second time she left ber feet. Ar. Samuel Keys, of Pittsburg, well known as the owner and driver of the pacer Lucy, and one of the most respected horsemen in thécoun- try, has purchased the 4-year-old gray eelding Holiday, by Harold, out of Midnight, by Bilot, Jr. Holiday is a full brother to Moontide, whose history was recently given in these columns. Mr. D. J. Robiuson, of Jackson, Mich., has been appointed Secretary of the Board of Stewards of the Western \Trotting Circuit. *Don " is one of the most popular horsemen in the land, and ss an expounder of knotty points in turf law has few cquals. He has long been coanected with the Jackson track, and cannot fail to give satisfaction in his new position. Mr. Jsmes Wadsworth, of this city, has sold to J. H. Cartwright, Oregon, Ili., the bay etallion Kensctt, foaled 1874, by Hembletonian, first dam bv Jupiter, son of Long Islund Black~ bawk; second dam, Lady Duke, by Lexington; third dam Magdalen, by Modoc; fourth”dam Keph, by Sumpter, and son of Sir Archy. Ken- sett was,bred by J. H. Walker, of Worcester, Mass., atid sold by him to Guy Miller, of Ches- ter, N. Y., from ‘whom Mr. Wadsworth pur- chased him. 7 E. M. Rusk, Rondolph, IIL, to Mr. Stralzht, lodianapolis, ch. s. Pilot Golddust, by_Gold- dust, dam by Pilot, Jr. Edwin Thorne, Dutch- css County, N.Y., to Isaiah Thomas, Goffs- town, N. H., b. 5. Patriot, by Thornedale, dam the dam of Volunteer. R. 8. Veech, Louisville, Ey., to David Baird, Springfield Centre, N. Y., b.f. EIf, 2 years, by Princeps, dam by Gold. dast, W. T. Withers, Lexington, Ky., to F. H. Hill, Calias, Me., b, . Claymont, 4 years, by Almont, dam by Strader's b. m. Clay; to Thomas B. Stiles, Cooperstown, 111, b. m. Min- nég B., 7 vears, by Brown George, dam by Con- Sscript. Latest New York betting: Kentucky Derby—, 501 ngainst Lord Murphy; 6 to 1against Ham- adan and Trinidad; 10 to™ 1 against Callao and Tripoli; 12 to 1 avainst Aureolus, Mary Walton, and Wamba; 13 to 1 against Blue Jeaus, Col. Morgan, Falsetto, Harrv' Bishop. John Carter, .One Dime, Toledo; 15 to 50 against othe: Kentucky Oaks—t to 1 sgainst La Favorita; to1 agaiost Lizhtunsh and Verdict; 6 to 1 against Beatitude; 8 to 1 against Mary Walton; 10to 1 aguinst Brilliantcen, Looe” Girl, Me- Grathiana, Mary Ann, Sylvia’ Soringer, Wissa- hickon: 15 to 50 azainst others. Epsom Derby —5 to 1agaiost Victor Chief; 6 1o 1 azainst Fai- mouth; 7o 1 azainst Cadozan; 9to 1 awainst Lancastrian: 12 to i aminst Guonersbury; 15 101 aainst Charibest; 25 to 1 against Squirrel; 50 to 1 against Uneas (American). Recent eales of trotters: Richard Lowell, Lexington, 10 Wirt and Webster, Harrison, O., blk. ¢ Ambassador, 4 years, by Georze Wilkes, dam by American Clay. Charles Thompson, Jonroe, N, Y., to Samuel Marvin, Cleveland, 4+ year-old colt Judge Brown, by Pearsall, son of Hambletonian. ~ Breckenridze Viley, Midw: ¥y Ky, to J. W. Johoson, Leadville, Col., b Dix{a, 4 vears, by Banquo, dam by Ycrk: E. O. Bayles, Shelby County, Kentucky. to Richard Lowell, Lexington, Ky., b. 2. Jim Fisk, gg White Oak. James Miler, Paris, Ky., to E. . Clavpool, Indianapolis, b. 1. Harrison Girl, by AMiller’s Hambletonian. dam by Alexander's Abdallah; also b. c. KImo, 3 years, byJoe Down- ing, dam Morette, by St. £lmo; aud b. c. W. H. ‘Wilson, 1 year, by Jim Monroe, dam by Spanld- ing’s Abdaliah. T. J. Montague, Lexington, Kr., to R. H. Davinport, same place, b. f. Rosa Wilks, 4 years, by George Wilks, dam by Mem- brino Patchen, . FOREIGN NOTES, Stepney has been sold to go to India. Falmouth, second favurite for the Derby, has been blistered forsplints on one of his fore legs. Lord Rosebery has named the American-bred filly by Kingfisher, out of Lady Mentmore, Queen- fisher. It is a pleasure to note the fact that the name of Tommy Up a Pear Tree, has been changed to Bird of Prey. Dutch Skater has been purchased by Willlam Bleokiron, and will be brought to England from Frauce at once. 2 s A mateh for 50 sovs., p. p., has been arranzed between Alstone. 15 st., and_ Taffy, 14 st. 7 Ibs., to take place some time in April a¢ Noreton-in- Marsh. v The first important event of the vyear, the Sandowa Graud Prize, a hurdle handicap, oc- curred at Sandown Park, London, last Wednes- day, and wss won by Rifle, a 5-year old son of Musket, dam by Trocadero. First Spring and Sir Hugh were second and third, while Advance, the favorite, was unplaced. A very interesting and highly exciting stoeple- chase took place at the recent Kempton Park meeti here were three starters, Chunney Sweep, King Alphonso, and Bailiff. ~ At the first water-jump Bailiff came to a standstill, and was ridden back to the stable. King Alphonso would not look at the second fence, und he’ too came back. Chimpey Sweep refused the third fence, but as his competitors were in the stable there was no hurry, and_after much coaxing be went over, aud fiished at_his leisure. Hereaf- ter a derrick should be placed st every water- Jump anq fence. The following are the latest declarations of forfeit: Chester-Mestyn ‘stakes: Trasty, Val- entino, The Cloud, Chartreuse colt. Badmin- ton stakes: Montreal, Wild Drake, and colt out of Belic of Holywell. Dee stakes: Queen Reaent,” and colt out of Alice. Doncaster— Chompagme _stakes: Robert the Devil, Trusty, * ~ British _ Queen, Licut-Gen'l, colt " out of Chieftain’s Daughter, colt out of Dorothes, colt out of Red Riband, Euroclydon, Quees Maud, Anvilte, and Prefect. Livernool Spring Meeting—Molyneux stakes: Trusty, Baldoven, Gendarme, colt out of Bobbin Around, cplt’ out of Miss Stanley, colt out of Ischia, colt ontof Mayoress, Land. rail, Giovaona, Mand, and Dourance. Prinee's Park plate: Rustic Lass. Saudown Park—Two- year-old stakes: Red Lion, colt out of Letty Long, Queen of the T. Y. C., Belfry, colt out ot Gamos, Danum, Fascine, Tito, Denzil Place, Giovanna, and Maantlet. Metropolitan Hun- ters’ Flat ' Race: Vintage, Lady Jean, Glory, Grateful, gelding out of Real Jam. PEDESTRIANISM. THE ASTLEY BELT CONTEST. On Tuesday of the present weck, at Gilmore’s Garden, New York, will be begun the great six days' race for the championship of the world and the belt given last year by Sir Jobn Astley. ‘This emblom was won by O’Leary, and subse- quenty retained in a race agajnst Huphes, “the lepper,® who proved to be one of the most com- plete frands that ever stepped upon s track. A challenge then came from Harriman, the well-known Boston walker, and in a short time Rowell, an English walker and runner of note, also entered the list. The story of how the matck was forced upon O'Leary bhss already been told in these columns. Ennis and Harri- man were the only American pedestrians able 1o telegraph their stake-money to England with~ in the time specified in the rules governing all contests for the belt, and they, with Rowell and O'Leary, will form the field that' starts on the journey' Tucsday. All ib¢ men are in New York, Rowell navingreached there about a yreek ago. ' There was some delay in signing the arti- cles of agreemeat, the difficulty arising from a f opinion among the contestants as | learned that it wijl be -won by the Bosto é.‘?‘fzf? tc;l:eoga?e-mancy shonid be divided, This | Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Cincinuati, was finally arranged, however, and last Wednes- | and Syracuse Clubs. This is official. i day the following articles were sizucd, no men- & tion of the fact having becn made in the dis- THE OAR. AMATEURS IN SESSION. patches: and entered 3 xney':“fiflmsgglfi?yugrnfiffrcc’:f “fsé'éf“iwmn Daniel | _The Executive Committee of the Mississippi O‘Lc'gg'- ff C};L“:fi. lll’. d arty &f Khz f"f, f;;:‘ River Valley Amateur Rowing Association met and Cbatles _Rowell, of Chestetton, Uambrldge, | 5y tye Paimer House yesterday. The Commit- i o s} 4 B oo I o e | teo constats of the following gentlemen: Chair- man, J. G, Osgood, Burlington, Ta.; Secretary, Alf. 8. Porter, Chicago, Ill.; J. A. St. John, 8t. A. Yarriman. of Boston. Ma¢s., party of the sec- ond part: Witnesseth, whereas the party of the Louis, Mo.; C. L. Williams, Rock Island, 1lL; Porte C. Wheeler, Peoris, IlL; first part is now the holder ot tho long-distance champion belt of the world, won by him at Agri- coltural Hall, London, in March, 1878, andthe parties of the'second pait Lave daiy challenzed him a estrisn sweepstakes, therefore pursmant ‘s % 10 the'condrtions apon which ine said neitis nend: | Ex W Gould, Molive, 1IL; . 1. Montgomery, Now, therefore, this agrecment witnesseth ‘that | Milwaukee, Wis., Milwaukee Boat Club; Col. A. the parties hereto hercby agrce to compete for | H. West, Madison, Wis., Madison Boat Club; Norman Wright, 8t. Paul, Miob., Minnesota Boat Club; Charles A. Billings, Riverdale, 1L, Riverdale Rowing and Athlctic Club. Theso were all present except Mcssrs. Monteomery, of Milwaukee, and Wright, of St. Paul. the eaid championship = belt, won by the arty -of the first vpart in London, i ‘The membership of the Assoclation is as fol- ows . n March last, and the sum of £100 a side (£100), which sum has been deposited in the hands of the editor of the Sporting Lifé.* The maich to take lace at Gilmore's Garden, in the Gity of New York, and is to commence st olock s, m. on , 1879, nate a N Monday, March 10, 1879, and to term| Modos Rowia Clab, St. Lous. Farragat Boat Club, Chicago. Minnesota Boat Club, St. Paol, Chicago Barge Club, Chicago. University Boat Club, St. Louis. Peoria Boat Club, Peoria. o'clock p. m. on Ssturday, March 15, 1870 (142 Burlingion Boating Association, Barlmgton, Ia. hours), the party covering the greatest distance ducing that time, either by running or walking, Sylvan Boat Club, Moline. Alilwaukee Boat Club, Milwaukes. withont assistance, to be declared the winner. Tiie match {sto be subject to the eame conditionsas pitiverdale Rowing and Athletic Club, Riverdale, BMadtson Boat Club, Madison. that at which the eard belt was won by the Darty of the firat part, and the belt is to be held by the win- ner on the ssme terms and conditions on which it Laurline Boat Club, ‘Minpcapolis. Mitohell Rowing Grub, Milwankee. Rock laland Athletic Club, Rock Island. ie now held. The match is to be under the auspices of the athletic clabs in and about the City .of New York, and a representative from each of ' the undermentioned sporting papers—viz., the Spirit of the Tunes, New York Clipper, Turf, Ficld ana Farm, New York Sportsman, and the London Sporfing Life, wiio arc empowered to det as judres in conjunction The ageregate membership of all these clubs it oue member of each of the rix athletlc clubs | 45 gbout 500. in New York, wlio have volunteerea to act as scor- th " s: butall matueesof dispote or appeas on anes: | o Bruaidase 00 Gosio Of e Assoclation tlons nov provided for by these conditions tobe re- | & SrANIent, I O, Oszood, read communica ferred to the trustees of the belt, whose decisions | 7 on e Clubs at Madisan, Wis., Keoknl, in all cases .shall be final. . Theeate receipts, after, | 18- and Moline, 111, in regard t3 the seloction all expenscs aze paid, to be divided as follows: 1’| Of B place for the aunual regatta, to be held in July. Messrs. Ensign Gould, B. C. Reator, and J- W. Good made specches in bebalf of Moline, and Messrs. 8. M. Graffen, C. L. Williams, J. L. Harrls, Dr. J. C. Hughes, Jr., and the Hon. W. M. Irwin, of Keokuk, set forth the advantages of the lagter place. The Chairman then appointed scveral sub- committees to report at a later meeting. only one man completes 450 miles or more the whole Messrs, St. John, Billings, ond Wheeler were of the gate receipts (less expenses) to be paid over to him: 1f two competitors complete 450 miles or more the winner 1o receive threc-fourths of the receipts, and the second man one-fourth; if three apoointed to settle the time and place of the regatta, Messrs. \Williams, Gould, and Porter to bave charze of the details of the race, and Messrs. West, Wncclcrl] and Williams are to men g0 450 miles or more the winnerto_receive report on the prizes to be offered. The meet- one-half, the second man 30 per cent, and the third man_20 per cent of the gate receipts: if ing then adjourned untit evening. On coming together at 6:30 p. m., the Regatta four men go 450 miles or more the winner to re- Committee reported n favor of Keokuk, which ceive one-half, the second 25 per cent, the third 15 per cent, and the fourth 10 per cent of the gate had offered a bonus of $1,200 to defray the ex- Penses of the Association, relying on a percent- receipts. The track Lo be eurveysd by a competent authority in the presence of the judges appointed. age of the recopts, with no liability to the As- sociation. The date fixed is July 13, 16, and I7. The measurement to be made eighteen inches from the inside border frame. whichis to be three inches ‘The Committee appropriated $700 for badges for the members. The prozramme for the three higher than the walk. Either party failing to com- ply with dx:ny of these article to forfeit all money days was decided upon, and considerable other routine business disposed of. deposite DANIEL O'LEART,, Jous ENsts, C. A. Hanmivaw, CHARLES ROWELL. Later in the evening the delegates “ broke training ? ag an elegant banquet fn which' they were joined by a number of the members of the Farragut Boat Club. P C—— HORSE VS. MAN. SULLIVAN IS ANXIOUS. To the Kattor af The Tridundy CmicAGo, March 8.~In reply to Mr. Davies’ challenge, in this morning’s TRIBUNE, 1 desire most emphatically to state that I am anxious to make the matceh as originally proposed, but only Witness: WrLiiax B. Cormis. MADAME ANDERSON is still walking at the Exposition Building, and at 10 o'clock Jast night had completed 648 quar- ters. BASE-BALL. THE LEAGUE CLUBS FOR 1879, Now that the opening of the playing season is at hand, and the League clubs have fully made up their playing nines for the season, Tue TRIBUNE presents a complete list of such nines, compiled from official sources. In order to make the table of yalue for reference during the scason, the batting and fielding aver- agas of cach man have been taken from Spald- ing's Guide and embodicd in it. The listisas L b gk for “blood moner,” “althouglh the stallion is L DOW serving mares, his season having begun BUFFALO. BOSTON. March 1, andis therefore not in condition to cnter on the match immediately. Hesing Jr. will be ready to eater into a con- test with George Guyon for seventy-tso or cighty-two hours in_the Kxposition Building any time after April 15 for 2250 or '$500 a side, the winner to take all the gate-money after de- ducting expenscs, and the loser not to have any- thing. = Whenever Mr. Davies is ready to accept this proposition e will find his $250 covered immediatelv. As the stallion is in the stud, it c3ler, C.1.. is necessary to know Mr. Davies’ answer within ,‘_‘1%‘;}“.";".1‘.3‘ T. five days; if none is received, £ will not enter~ & tain auy more propositions for matches during cnicago. CINCINNATIL. this szason. CORNELIUS SULLIVAN. * BSBUNDRY SPORTS. DOG-FIGHTING. Some weeks since Te TRIBUNE gave the facts fn relation to the departure of Haty Jennings from New York with twenty or more bull and terrier dogs, his subsequent arrival at New Or- leans, and the measures taken by the authori- ties of that city to prevent any exhibitions of canine coursge. In'spite of these orecautions, however, a figbt was arranged between Jen- nings' bull terrier Croppy, weighing twenty- seven pounds, and Pete, an animal of similar breeding owned by Thomas Thornton, of Bos- ton, which came off March 8. The New Orleans Democrat gives the following sccount of the battle: ; The first process, after the selection of a referce, was the tasting of the dogs. Each sponged off his apponent’s dug with water, tasting the sponge now and then to see that no poisonous powder was hid- den in the hair of bis adversary's canine. On both sides the extremest care was taken, and after some delay, at9 o'cjock exactly, Pete, of Boston, and Croppy, of N& York, were confronted in the pit. In the betting, before scratching, Boston led, but the odds were slight, and soon fell off to even wagers, A8 soon g they were Joosened, with a howl of delight they rushed ac one another as if enjoying thie prospect of ¢ sharp tussle as much o8 o heart, meal. Croppy got In at the first jump a throat hols on Pete, and held it provably for half a second, throwinz the Bostondoz on his back. Here Cron- Py changed his grip to the jaw, and for some min- utes both dogs were cavorting around the ring Name. _ Name. eters, Dairymaple, 1 Gore, ¢. 1. Shaffer, . T Paiea €, undera fusilade of cleers from the spectators. {x;dmrl, ;. H ‘IR W‘A! il‘ldcnt at Dgu :: tha ob?e{xer that (h; Maculiar. 894 Evans. sub New York doz was the stronger of the two, an Tolibert, ul <15k ‘e1g Shupo; 3ehy thebest wrestlor but the gl:l1§oll Boston wals the OTES OF THX GAME. stronger. Time after time Jennings' dog threw : Pete heavily, getting'in some pumshment on the Ivs o wise pitcher that kuows ns own curve. | facs and Jaws. Afisr haif an hoats' Azbiing, fhy —2Providence Parrott. effects auhz‘!eolg ngF bo!hmhegmn tg show. mfim Claop will catch for the Buffalos only in | & tuelr bandiwork. From the mouth of the Bos- i ton dog was hanging a long string of clotted blood, League championship zames. b el g St Lo Syl bloody stains, showing the work of Croppy's biceps. Croppy bad a cut on the flank, snd bis throat thr out now and then little splashes of gore. With- out diminishing 1n the least in their ardor, they Lept atit, ana when the first hour had turnnd both were covercd with dost, and had on them more than a hundred wounds. Boston, who had béen gotting the worst of it all along before, began to show now is terrible game quulities, Croppy had, after a seyere struggle, gotten him under, and was choking him, it was thought, to death, with a strong throat-hold. His eyes were cloded. his tail had dropped, and he lay in the pit, legs upward, apparently dead. Croppy ‘was manching away at his throat, doing, however, but little exccution. Cries of *!S10 to 52.50 on Jennines® reut the air, with but few takora. Croppy, however, had counted without his host, it seems, for the apparcat faint of Pete, of Loston, &aon passed off, and with a deep growl he went to work agamn. Now taking # savage hold of Croppy’s forcleg, then yoine for sn_cye, he produced cor- sternation in the New York camp. Jennings begged Thornton, whose Pete had just been throttled by Croppy. to 8ave the dog for breeding, and not have him killed, but the crowd wanted it to be ** kill or nothing,” and Isughed at Jennings' offer. Pete, after the second hour baq passed, took a firm nold on the Jower jaw of Crop~ by, and held him. Tuking his time, he would, every little while, close _his_jaws, snd one could hear the crushing of the New York's bones. Pete keptup this until the Jencings dog yeiled with pain and howled to get nway. i 1t swas now evident Boston had won the battle, for Croppy was covered with blood and his jaw was uscless. From exhaustion they ceased to firht, when they were taken to their respective corners to be ecratched. Both were panting and covered with mud and bloody froth, A question was raiscd s 1o which dog shonld walk over to his opponent’s corner and ‘‘scratch™ or make the first advance. “There was some confusion, and the referee arder- ed both to be put in the centre of the pit. Jennings refused to put his dog down, and the referee pro- nounced the first fight of the series in favor of Bos- ton. 1t is probable both dogs will not survive. The fight continued two hours and seventeen wminutes. RACKETS. A match game of rackets will be played at O’Malley's hand-ball - court, corner of Nranklin street and Chicazo avenue, this afternoon, be- tween Thomas Cullen and Gharles Ridley, Hugh Heraty and Thomas Jackson, for a stake of §100. %;lfi match will be followed by & game of hand- Gifford is still making vigorous efforts to or- ganize a club at Columbus, O. Dick Pearce, the oldest professional in the country, is looking for an engzasement. Joe Blong is still without an engazement, but thinks it woo’t 0’long before he secures one. Base-ball having completely petered out in Indianapolfs, the funces, stands, etc., belonging to the late club are advertised for sale. Latest reports from San Francisco report the Pacific League 2s having violently dissolved it- self on account of a row among its members. Farrell {s the sinele member of the Stars who has played with the nine every year since it en- tered the professionaf ranks.—Syracuse Courier. The base-ball season is almost here, and aspir- ing young men are ‘‘cramming® on the new rules, in order that they may give the utmost dissatisfaction as umpires.—New Haven Kegister. The Rhode Island State Amateur Base-Ball Association has just formed at Providence with seven clubs fnit. There will be a championship pennant,.and each club must play two games with every other. Ttis nm\;sin;; to notice the howl being raised by the “dizzy " base-ball journals "all over the country because THE ‘I'RIBUNE of last Sunday was the first paper to publish the official batting :{& fielding averages of League players for T A paragraph is going the rounds to the effect that the Stars haye changed their name to the Syracuse Club. They did thiswhen they entered the League, as every club in that organization is compelled to bear the name of the place from which it hails. Mysterious hints and suggestious are afloat as to the color of the stockings to be worn by the Providence nine next sesson. The latest rumor is that the delicate shinbones of Wright eval. will beencased in bose. of cerulean blue, with 2 pink stripe running around, a la barber's pole. . A Pittsfield (Mass.) paper has the following: “The Springtield people seemed to nave the management of matters eatirely in their own hands, and evidently improved their opportuni- ty, for it was decided to abolish hercafter the * error column,’ which has heretofore been the %xlneg gbstacle to success with the Springfield ub. PUGILISTIC, Joh#i H. Clark and Artbur Chambers have sizned articles to fight -somewhere in Canada, March 27. Chambers is to be allowed to wear & glove on bis erippled hand. ° BILLIARDS. Geo. W. K., Animas City.—'Was the recent Brunswick & Balke tournament a three-baly one or not! Ans.—The game Was the French carom, commonly kuown as thethree-ball game. TOE TRIGGER. The first of a series of three matches between the Audubon and Chicagzo Gun Clubs was shot at Grand Crossing yesterdsy, the Audubon Club winning by a score'of 73 to 67. . ———— 4 Goose on One Leg. . ““The Cavendishes, says the London World, ‘‘are scarcely the people to relish a joke, espe- cially when madeat their exponse. A pretty lady, American by birth, bt Eoglish by .mar- riage, the other day asked the noble leader ot - the Opposition whether he bad ever secn s goose. stund oo one ler, and on his replying in the Degative advised him to get up and see what it was like. The countenance of -the noble Lord’s {face, thoush he took it Very good-naturedly, waa a study.” Fi ¥ s In his leclure at Pike's Opera-House, Cincjn~ nati, last_week, the Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage said: “I belonced, in Philadelphia, to a bail club composed of clermymen. When a Doctor of Divinity had struck a ball the razanmuffins of the city would ery: ‘Goit, Uncle!? ¢Another base, old beeswax!? By George, that old fel- low 1s spavined and ringboacd, and bas got the beaves!’ And when we allowed some one of these uflins to, take the bat with us, he would fly"around the ring, his clothes in tatters, out at the knees, and with flag ot half-mast, pursuing some mivister on the way to the Bishoprie.” - QUESTIONS ANSWEREE. Q.—Is the pitcher that goss to the pool-room 100 often broken? A.—Invariably. Q.—When a bail is knocked over the fence how mauy home-runs can be made on .the hit? A.—Two; one by the man who bats the ball, and the other by the'smail boy who picks it up. Q.—Which club will win the championship this season? A.—By careful inquiry amoung the officers of the ‘League organizations it has been BOSTON. Breaking Up of the Shows---Five- 0’Clock Teas and Kettle-Drums to the Front. The English and American Ket- tle-Drum and Tea. Servile Imitation on the Part of Two-Thirds of Americans, the Remaining Third Slop- ping Over in the Opposite Extreme. Mr. Howells Brought to Book---Mary ‘Wollstonecraft---Marriage or No Marriage. From Our Own Correspondenn BostoN, March 5.—Everything betokens the coming of the spring with us,not merely the spring of the almanac, but the season which i close upon the heels of the long days when amusements, parties, and all the merry go- rounds, and the inteilectual talks and treats ot the winter shall be no more for the next three or four months. We get this betokening in the scarcity of outside *‘shows,” and the news that the Mapleson company will not visit us again, and in the “positively last days ™ of the linger- ing performances that have been threatening to fold up their tents and steal away for the last tiiree months, and in the glory of new mil- linery that brings out every shopper in town, and last, but not least, in the sud- den little tea-party fever that bas broken our, as it invariably does in the spring, when the theatres are old stories, and things are at their last gasp generally. I believe most of these parties are called 5-o'clock teas, thongh they range through all the bours from 5 to 9. Of course, the name is of vast consequence, be- cause it i3 fashionable. It is fashionable be- cause it 1s Enzlish. That is the great -point. And never mind if the name is not understood, if it indeed is a misnomer in the American ac- ceptance and adaptation. Never mind if 5-0’clock tea means 5-o'clock tea in Eogland, where dinner is served so much later that it is a nec- essary tea, and not merely an ornamental or an oceasional one. Never mind all this, when our cars are tickled with the fine English sound, and our ambition wakes to the effort of in- euzurating something that sball seem to show our familiarity with *over the water.” WE HAVE TAKEN UP KETTLE-DRUMS with the same igmorance of their origin, or iynoring thelr orizin. Andhere, there, and every- where they break out in entire {ndependence of all military associations. We haven’t so many military interests and military towns as En- gland, and we can't afford to throw by an op- portunity for thatreason for approvriating a fashion. What does it matter that kettle-drums are the product of military statious, where the kettle-drum proper—the musical band property itself,—at & certain hour gives signal that at that hour the jolly and desirable *Guardsmen,” the happy “Plunger,” or other officer of England’s soldiers, 1s frec to wander fnto his admiring friends’ - drawing-rooms, and assist 2t any little folly “of flirtation that =~ may offer? What does all this matter to us? Not a jot. We are delightfully independent of all reasons in the matter, except the grand oneof copying our English cousins. So we start up RIGUT IN THE THICE OF OUR CITY LIFE, and at the very hour when our masculine friends are rcady to sit down to their amply-. supplied dinner-tables, we summon them to our 5-0'clock teas. While, over the 'water, the English Guardsman and the Plungerare glad to vary the monotony of drill, in their days of in- action, by handing about tea-cups and bLread and butter, the busy business-man, just emanzi- pated from stocks and other dollar-and-cent in- terests, whereln -his daily bread and butter are very deeply involved, just escaped from his wearying work is looking forvard to_bis late dinperat5or 6 as a rest and needed refresh- ment. If he dous a:fresh .tie and a better coat, and sallies forth to assist at tea-drinking, he loses.his dinner and misses his bour of res| The result, then, of the transplauted 5-o’clock tea or kettle-drum in this country is not a brillisnt success go far as men are con- cerned. lor we have not a large stock of idld men or men of leisure, and the 5-o’clocks, then, show a large percentaze of rather callow vouths, students, and others of that ilk for the masculine portion, and which is pitifully small compared to the feminine portion. Andall this we 1gnore, and still go on with our attempts at Eoglish teas and kettle-drams. Perhaps it is this tendeney to servile imitation ou the part of Americans that brings ont an opposite protest from certain literary people, like Mr. Howells, for instance, aguinst what hé thinks i3 an unlawful use of English expressions. He is continually criticising words like *lad,” and similar words that simply are part of the Eoglish language, and therefore our right as much as any other. But thesc critics SLOP OVER IN TIIE OPPOSITE DIRECTION uite as much as those who follow blindly the fashion of customs. And there is no sort of parallel between the two. The oume fs a silly subservience toan old-country custom, a fashion, the other is a perfectly rightful use of our own langaage. AR. HOWELLS AND CRITICS OF HIS OBDER scem to assume by their protests that there is, or ought to be, an American language. Of course there are Americanisms so-called, but the experts in this direction gencrally give us con- clusive evidence that most of these American- izms have their origin in the old country, Itis amusing, for instance, to find one of these parists, in criticising a novel in the Ataidtic, pring up at e word ‘lad,” as if it had no business in a novel written by an Americag,—* poy " beinzonly allowable,—when in fact fad and boy are both zood old English words or in old English use, and we have as much right to one as_the other. Mr. Howells, who sticks at snch words, puts. into_the mouth of his model, Stanford, in “The Lady of the Argostook,” “1 felt a little nasty, that was all,” and in snother chapter, * you've spoilt a pretty scene With your 7ot about abomt Mrs. Rivers.” The ftalics are my own. Now these might both be much more jusug criticised than ‘]ad,” because they are both English colloqmalisms. In another place he says of Dunham, * *Lad’ was the last English word which Dugham had got himself used ta.” “Lad® bemng In the same category with *nasty” and ‘‘rot,” we can se¢c how purism of this sort will' come to grief, and how little ground such purists have to stand on. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS several years azo wrote thus to me in response to a letter of miue concerning this separation by some critics of American and English literary work and expression: * The point is that American literaturc is English, just as Theoeritus was Greek.” Mr. Willism Ap- pieton once said to me, snd [ put it into my Lotus Eating, ‘ America is a splendid exile for the Saxon race.’ But there is something clso true, and that is that Americais the advanced guard of Saxon civilization,—if by Saxon we mean Eoglish,—and that is_exactly my view of the matter.” Now, having knocked the believ- ers in American literature down with Mr. Cartis, I feel that I can proceed in triumph to other topies. In the first place 1 wang to call attention to a new Enclish book which Roberts Brothers bring before the public simply as an importation. It is Mary Wollstonecraflt’s ** Lot~ ters to Imlay.” Mary {Vnunanecmlt, it will be remembered. after her uofortunate relation with the American Imlay, marrled William Godwin, the famous author of & Caleb Will- ams " and ‘“Political Justice.” . Their daughter married Shelley, the poet. MOST OF THIS STORY HAS SEEN SUPPRESSED HERETOFORE, and what_has reached the pablic has been gar- bleg, or given in such' a fragmentary manner, and under such a cloud of censure, that one could form no clear judgment. These letters convey the characterof the writer with un- mistakable clearness. The author of her rmemoirs in the onening says of them: *No one can read her letters ithout sceing that she was 4 pure-minded, and refined woman, and that she considered herself, in the eyes of God and man, fmlay’s wife. ~Relizious as she was and’ with o strong moral sense, she - yet made the grand mistake "of supposing that it is - possible for oue woman to undo the consecrated custom of ages, to set lhersel( in opposition to tne course of society, and not be crushed by it. And she made the no less fatal mistaice of “judging Imlay by ber own standard, and thinking that he was as true, as impassioned, as self-denying, as herself.” That 1y himself LOOKED UPON HER AS HIS WIFE, his own writteniwords, when he intrusted cer- tain business negotiations to_her, ‘plataly show, ary for therein he calls her ** m- lav, my best friend and wife,” ~ words which™" the * présent biographer fustly snys‘ D .many. cases - And countries would be considered as copstitnting a marriage.’ But here are facts which have not before been presented to the world, and which will go-far towards ameliorating the judgment of the most severe. The kindness he .showed Mary Woll- stonecraft disposed her to look on him favor- ably; she soon gave him averysincere affection, short, like erandfather’s clogl sound asleep, tll one of the, fends gard ¥ her and shook ier; then sh walked oo 1 tool her nine miaites to make that quaspar "Lt she had only 8 moment to spare befors the) bezan, and she was forced ont on the as s azain. Now this, T claim, i damnapls m,‘{"fi: and_ I cal 0! it -and consented to become bis iife. or Mayor fle’;th':%rnevesnu °L°ife’"f1?§i§i ssme" 1 use this word aeliberately, aithongh nolezal | to intarfere and stop this performane, oclety, cereimony ever passed between them. Her view | quick the latter soclety would arreey s, How Tas thiat & comman affection was marriage, and | should drive horse of dog like ok 2 Who that the marriage tic siould not bind alter the | driving tbis poor woman, Wiy is 5 S18 tra death of love, if love should dfe. Itfs probable, | exceileat Board of Directors Gf che Exfifm‘? sition however, that, like many others who hoid the same views, only a series of untoward circum- stances made her act npon her opioions. A legal marriage with Imlay was certainly dif- ficult, apparcatly impossible. Her position asa British'subject .was full of danger,—a marriage Combany do not interferc fa this oa maniiy” T defy anyone who hus the st ot feeling in his composition to visit thy Fei2? sition Building and not come away disgerlly at such barbariac torture. Tax TRIBUNR ;M shown great zood taste by not saying muy s would have forced her openly to declare herself | this atfair so far. Now I of as such. It is a strong confirmation of the View | ward as a censos of . s L’é’s?@éfim‘fiffi."fi‘mfi; here taken to find that Madame de Stael, who, if any one, knew the period of which we are speaking, makes a like fact the sole obstacle to the marriage of Lord Nelvil and me @’Arbigny.” 8he says ‘ Je 'aurais enousee, comme elle le voulait, il ne se fut pas rencontre dans ce' moment lea plus grands obstacles a_ce qu’un Anglais put se maricr en France, en declarant, comme fl Je {allait, son nom a P'officier -civil.—* Corinne, ou }’sllléme,’ Vol. IL,, p. 63. Eighth edition. Paris, 5 d 4 It. may be doubted whather the ceremony, it aoy could have taken place, would hove been valid m England. Passing as_Imlay's wife, without any such preparatory declaration, her safety was assured, and as bis wife she was acknowledged by him. Charles Wollstonecraft ‘wrote from Philadelphia that he had seen a gen- tleman who knew his sister in Paris, and that he was “informed that she is married to Capt. Imlay, of this country.” cruel performance, Yours indienantly, HarRY B. Frey, The New Democratic Organ, To the Edilor of The Tribune, CHICAGO, March 8.—Your editoria Paragry vublished this morning referring to the | of a new daily newspaper in this ctty—the Aforn ing Herald—contaius certsin errors of fact whig L desire bricfly to correct. That & project [s.q foot for the establishment of sacha Dapér¢ certainly true, but that Samuel J. Tilden hy nury interest in it whatever is incorreot, Me Tilden has no more than an intimation of | if, in fact, he has beard of ibat.all, He will ag most have no greater interest in it thay an) Democratic citizen of this country, The liez paper will not be pledged to any man's sunpart for President. It will be unrestrained {n ts g Vo of ‘“ democracy ” in its truess ang 4 e by their merchandise. Sometimes it is al- meaning, (?) and will always sapport,_the dates for office who Trepresent . fait¥fal), principles it espouses. Very respect{nlly ‘Youry, Joux W. Rrcxmay, - Rditor Chicazo Journalof Commereq, The troublous times referred to above, where ‘‘her position as a British subject is full of danger,” were the days of the Reign of Terror in Francé, 1793, g Together with the Memoir and Letters there are tWo exquisite portraits of Mary Wollstone- craft which arc worth the price of the book. One of these portraits, taken from Opie’s pict- ure of her, is so benutlml‘liv reproduced that it is like a lovely crayon, andds a pictare in itsclf without reference to the historical value. And Dow, to make a grand jump from 1793 to 1879, let me 8ay a word about the fine results of Miss Parloa’s cooking lectures. Some people got the idea that these lectures were, however admira- ble, more the fashion of the moment than any- thing of permanent value. BUT HERE IS THE PROOY ) the contrary. The Woman’s Edacatfon As- eqeiation here.are to open March 10 a cooking sehool, to teach cooking practieally to women afd eirls, and for all those who wish to earn a livelibood in this way, or who would make prac- tizal use of the instruction in their families. ‘Ine terms are to be $1.50 for six lessons. Sin- gle Iessons to cooks in the preparation of spe- cal dishes, $1; and on every other Saturday at 9%. m. Miss Parloa is to give demonstration les- &ons at a low price. /Who will say now that the world doesnt move on its vractical side of canse and effect? And who will dare sey now_that Massachasetts ‘womep, or more specially Boston women, are not interested in the practical base of all opera- tlons—the kitchen—equally with high art and the reading of transccudental and other brainy gapers in the parlor? Let us give three cheers r practicat Miss Parloa and her work. N. P. Tl:[E VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. The County Hospital To the Editor of The Tridune, CH10AGO, March 8.—Your strictares on [ conduct of our County Hospital, inlast Sundayy issue, are timely and wise. 1 know nothin, of the special cases mmphinedor,hnnnphmdm koow that similar abuses are inseperable frop our present system of public chamies. Hir, lings, who see more of the devil than of Godfn suffering humanity,—who loathe their occups. tion and, curse the necessity of “ earn; ing an bonest living,”—are not precisely the clasy of Ppersons to earc very tenderly for God's poor, No theological question noed be raised by the suggestion that our county and other selemogy. mnary hosoitals be placed in charge of religiogs orders like the Sisters of Charity or Sisters o the Holy Cross, whose hospital records iy times of war or peacs can be attested by officers and men of all armies, and by phys}. cians of all ‘schools.” The City Hospital of St. Louis has long been in charge of the Sisters of Charity, the Superioress of Whom oncare. plied to my expression of surprise at the ten- derness with which they handled the loathsoms ‘victims of a last nizht's scrimmage: e sea our Lord in every blessed one.” Bat thelr eff. ciency in manazement and their peculiar fit- ness for hospital service have been ‘demop- strated centuries beforo the race of Pecksniffy who now nibble st our charity fands was syer heard of. Let our wise Boards try them. The maxim apppties to hospital attendants sste armies: -*' Patriot troops are best.” N. F. Coox, M. D, Our Muddy Streets. 7o the Editdr of The Tribuna. CHICAGO, March 8.—Things that are equal to one and the same thingare equel to each other, Thisis the exact condition of the streets of Chicago at the present time. Can no inven- tion or method of science be devised whereby our streets can be kept in a decent, half re- spectable condition?” Mud rules “supreme. Mud, mud, and pastiness everywhere; our ladfes step to the ankles every time they nnder- take to cross street-corners; their oumber ones are coated over with a compost infinitely worse than Spalding’s glue. Have our City Fathers so Dity on weary pedestrians, plodding their way through this lake of unadaiterated dirt? Go where we will the mire confronts us, and we must get along the best we can. Qur Alder men have been intently enxazed for some tima Dpast on viaducts. We must Dot blame them too hastily; they probably intend to bave onc largs viaduct cover the entire city from centre toe- comference in order to avoid this sea of mud. 1f so, they cannot be too hichly praised. At present, two or three oldish-looking men can be found undertaking to clean a square mile with one old dilapidated hoe and three well-used stubby pipes to keep them compsny. Such ~ tendencies on the parts of our worthy ~ Aldermen for ~ the pablic comfort are to be commended, and will tend more thau anything else to swrengthen the pub- lic mina to the fact that no immediate duty is being neglected. Foreign subjects, just errived, are under the impression that Chicago js several rods lower than the lake, and that the waters are oceasion- ally let on to our streets in order to enrich for the spring crops, like the overflowing of the Nile at stated intervals of nature. Certslnly there are impurities enough scattered over the streets to earich most of the fsrming lindsof the State. Farmers coming to towa look with Tonzing eyes towards this rich deposit and mez- tally exclaim, *Chicago beats the world fn everything, but in nothing so much as the depth Official Court Reporting. g To the Edltor of The Tribune. Cmic46o, March 8.—I beg to inquire if the statement is true that & bill is pending in the General Assembly, and passed in one House, .authorizing the employment in the city and and State courts of official stenographers at the espense of the taxpayers? It has beea stated that the scheme will involve an expense to the pablic of got less than $50,000 per year. If this 1s correct, I trust the influence of THE TRIBUNB will, as of old, be brought to bear io the in- terests of the public funds. The. burdens of taxation are already more than can be carried by many persons in these hard times, and for such 4 monstrous swindle a3 this would be there can pe no justification. 1 have seen nothing abont the measure 1d THE TRIBUNE, and the purpose evidently is to smnz§]e the steal through be- Jore it can be exposed. QT Sidewalk Obstraction. To the Editor of The Tribuna, + CRICAQO, March 8.—Passers-by have reasonto vomplain of the way in which tBe sidewalk in front, of Franklfu, McVeagh & Co.’s Is obstruct- most impassable, except at the risk of being Lruised. "Thursday two of their men were roll- inga hogsbenq which abont decupied all the assage that had been left for pedestrians, and it was only byithe nearsst shave that passage iras practicable, the men shouting out, as if en- foying the fun, ** Look out or somebody will get his boots squeezed.’” This is scarcely fair to he public, however. If the grievance were pri- vate, or if I had personal acquaintance with any of the firm. I'would not trouble yon. But it is a public watter, and can be Verifled by any one who posses that way occasionally. No doubt the publication of this lester will stop the in- convenience at once. .To speak to the porters would do no good. Don’tlet us have the amen- ity of our streets spoiled by ' No THOROUGHFARE, Art Notes. To ths Ediior of Thé Tridune, and quality of her mud.” L. Mouit. CHICAGO, March 8.—Everyone interested in —————————— ? the writings of Milton and Daote bave gained *Do yonu think my headdress hnrmnnk:jl!r. pleasure and fustruction from Gustave Dore’s | Spicer,” said Miss inna, who bad adopted the new style of sillk *kerchief cotffure. * 00~ izes? perfectly; it is music in the hair, 8 per- fect band, Anna,” said the interrogated, fil- lantly, but he was heard to remark to another newspaper wretch, later in the evening, that {he yousg lady had gota “wipe ade of the ead £ b — e e ey THE TRIBUNEL okiliti ol'civnd N ORDER TO ACCOMMODATZ OUE NUMEEOU3 PALIORS thronziout the clry we have estadiished Brauch Offices In the different. Divistons, 34 desigoated below, where advertisemerta will be taken for tle l'amb price 28 charged at the Main Ofiice, and will be recelved Dot 8 0'clock p. m. during the week, aad a9, = itlustrations of their principal worl:s, and like- wise those interested in Christ’s besutifal and vivid parables, would gain great satisfaction and instruction from {llustrations appropriately winging ot each pletare distinctly before the eye. Anintelligent artist would fiod a vast and interesting ficld from which to draw material and inspiration should he turn to the parablese of the sower, the net, the angels coming at the last day, the ten virgins, the traevine, the prod- izal (which kas been already beautifully iflns- thated by distinguished artists), the great sup & per o which were nsiied tnose vfmnl iy :"?‘i‘”-‘i”%‘x S, Booksellers and Statloners 13 to make excuse, ete., the sh enty-sccond- 3 3 S eep ol the Jost | TROUTSEIMIE Nomsteater. Stationer, o 100 sheep, the wise and foolish mag, one building ona rock the other on the ‘sand, and so on throughout all the brilliant illustrations of Christ. Either of the large publishing houses East or West would gladly publish, 'am sure, au illustrated edition of Christ’s savings and parables, the text to be compiled from the most perfect translations and illustrations executed by sume superior artist. B AT Weat Madison-sc... near Western-ay. phOBERT THRTMSTON, West-Side News Depok 1 ue [aland-av.. corner of Halsted- H, CHERRICK: Jeweler, Newsdealer, aad Fracy Goeds, 720 Lake-st.. corncr Lincoln PERSONALy ERSONAL ~ AN HONORABLE GENTLZH 1N P houses no tobscco, and otherwise temperkie, e girss the cquaintance of -a_respeciable, younglady o ¥idow. from 20 10 39 years of age. Address, for res days, X35, Trivuge office. —RANDOLPH CAR_TO WO00D-ST., ftermoon. ' Lady fn black who nuxflnd incarand on rear placform, if sarcesbls pleasa ress V55, Tribune ofce. b D! S NGLEAD: PEIL';DSAL—.—\LL IN QUIRIES BEG.\RDL\YE“WE‘;" 3 e, A Reward for Spencer’s Apprehension, To the Editor of The Tribune. CuioaGo, March 8.—Money and energy have recalled to the scene of his crime a fallen Angell, and be has received, or is recefving, the reward for his crimes. Money and energy will recall to the scene of his more outrageons crimes the absent'Spencer, and punish him to the fuil extent of the law, but not as he de- serves, unless some poor victim of his damnable theit should rise in his anzer and hurl the villian _ into the presence of Al- mighty God, whose judgment is righteous, and who with malico toward none and charity for all | renders justice. I know of one man who was a victim to the extent of about $700, who will give $300.to as- sist in brinfi!ng this scoundrel to justice. Let others speak and name the gmount they will give toward this purpose, and Ict us see if a Te- ward cannot be offered that will indace some one to bring Soencer from his biding place, a5 Angzell, who is an anzel in comparison with Spencer, was brought from bis hidinz place. The man I refer to as willing, is ready to put up; who will do likewise? Answer ville promptly and ?ally answered 0o 1. Addrb G B WIIGHT. Box 79, Lesdrt bon or #eRdIng s sudress 10 L. G PARDEE 153 fnv?;gl.u,flcnum ; or anyhody knowing it will pless EKSONAL-A YOUNG LADY, WOULD LIEETO correspond witha number of gentlemens :{?{:g merely amusement; particular attention pafd to. ters containing photogradh. X su. Tribae office. ERSONAL— THE LADY WHO GAVE HER address }Eg{l'rrfxdfyl‘mzmoon at she Tivoll to meet gent at the same tme aad place Mon: ERSONAL—] ONN RENFEY (OR JOIY P Ta0er) 0 was o 1hts city abont one year 3% il call at or send his 3ddress 1o offica of Mercy pital, he will oblige a friend. EKSONAL—H. V. L.—ARRIVED PALMER House with Uncle Robert yeaterday: lesve Sunds? night. Please call Sunday:p. m. J. B. W- . ERSONAL—LOU HAYES—GIVE YOUE WHECE: L abours tn_ Monday or Tuesdsy's 5 oclockUsiy News. Sunday go to mecting. H. F. W., ERSONAL_A REFINED LADY WISHES THE No. 422 West Madison street, p o ngmcau?muem ‘Snancially. 4 1% = Cribune office. ——— Indigoant About Mme. Anderson., 'PEBSONAL—I DESIRE THE Acouulgfiflm,g! the Edi L, A To the Editor of The Tribuna, e IS8R [ady for amusement, "ap0 CmicaGo, March 8.—When we are enjoying SIRANGES 4 DERSONAL—A GEN AN OF 20, - Lh!ehposiesslon né‘sueih ;n]llabund:mce of laws and s ‘:‘ac"“.";}" nav‘[inw‘gf"%élxei‘su,ryv 5‘{%;‘}},‘;“"‘2',‘% with a Isw-machine in full swing at Springfield, o ALy e e lady who Woul . ai o the acquaintance of eable young lay o it' does scem odd that there is no law under | be WilBE 6o heip Lt addron & Tt 3 T WE e which.the redoubtable Supt. Seavey can not act and with 4 posse 2o to the Exposition Building and arrest all those able-bodied men, who are making a living by tortaring that much-abused Mme. Anderson, who is now walking »* (like Scally). It is actually cruelty to hutans, or rather woman. A general looker-on has no ¢on- ception of the eruel torture to which this victim is put. She walks three times aronna that tan- bark track, and then bolts for the daor of: her 7 Vertsement la last Sunday's Tribune over sl re P 6, In reference toa packageof papers whICH was lost Friday, Feb. 23, omitted fosignbis B2e g7 Le bring the papers to the ofiice, 160 Lasalety, send hisaddreas to X 4, Tribane oflice, he ¥l 5reacy oblige will be compensated for bis troudle. = PEESONAT X TOUSG wibow TADTDESES ‘the acaualotance of a e a5d will Asslst her. Address 1 10 THbuRe OMmce. >ERS 5 VED ERSONAL—WILL MPBS, LEBEE, THAT MOUE from 310 We:nl'\?nn hurea-st. last Wedncsday: Please call at the Fidelity Savings Bank. Pmsuflf—rhs PARTY tar house. . Immediately on crossing the thrash o G 15 ' old ERSON 24—24—24—T0-MORROW (MOX she throws hersclf upon o bed conveniently So'clock, Dearbornist.; somuching wrong- =~ placed, and is asleep at once. Then | 20— TS WA bBer feet ewell worse than ever, | PERSONAL-TWO LIVELY TOUNG GESIS WEE and w deep 8 from o Jainiaace Of LX0 $oUEE I sement: 10 her. 8ho at last is unconscions, and just when | SiBor i oad ot ancing and soctal amuscir she has forgotten her torture the pell rings, and her attendants put their hands nnder her back 2nd raise her upon her feet, and she grosns and < 2 3 PERSONAL-MISS RAY, T AN VERY AN Lo bear from you. VAN.® supplicates for peace, rest, and quiet; but these | ______ BALBNIS: ey FLurers ‘put on her cap, and push her out of B. COGPLAND & CO.. SOLICITORS e door on the ' L. &£% TAA. st Siica, il Coreas e b track, where she is steered right, and she walks off half aslesp, and some- trade-marks protected, ussignmeatsand liceaseadis ie3 of pipead Umes wholly so. At one time she. atopped o and recorded, absiracts of titie aad turnished on application.