Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 13, 1880, Page 6

web Ir diate ad: res ae aia RR ‘HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES, O'Grady, ton, wheat; schooner reading-aesks for the newspapers. anc for the purpose named, but it remains to be 6 Henne ee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eee ee eee eee ee ee ee eee eee ee eee eee eee ——————————————————ee ee Bagstock barge Grimsby, Chicago to Kingston, corm: | MTA PUBLIC LIBR. ARY., | arrangements of the reading-room by providing Mayor and Controller agreed to advance $125,009 THE STAGE. Last Act in the Life of John Brougham. Balf a Century’s Connection with * the Stage as Actor, Author, aud Manager. Wandering Thespians Preparing for Their Next Season's ‘Tramp. Local Events and General News Con- cerning Plays, Playhouses, and Professional People. THE LAST ACT. Mr. Broughum, the actor and dramatist,—or, rather, “John.” for that was the name by which his brethren of the profession best liked to call hhim,—diea in New York City Inst Monday. On ‘Wednesday the funeral servicestook place at the Church of the Transtiguration in that city. The ‘Rev. Dr. George H. Houghton officiated, and the edifice was filled with actors, actresses, andmem- Bers of other professions, When the coffin was taken into the church it was preceded by the lerzyman and was attended by the pall-bear- ‘ers, Edwin Booth, Judge Brady, Dr. Phelps, F.C. anga, Jobo Carrol, William Winter, S.L. M. ‘Barlow, and Noah Brooks. Among the per- wons present were Lester Wallack, Chandos ‘Pulton, ex-Judge Bedtord, Maj. McLean. of ihe Old Guard; Hart Jackson, Civil-Justice Gedney, “Col. Knox, Dr. Gillette, Dr. Macdonald, George Edgar, A. P. Burbank, William David ze, Henry “Wilder Allen, Manager MeVicker, Lysander ‘Thompson, William B. Harrison, J. A. Witkes, “Ben” Baker, “Tom” Morris, George Becks, Charles Wheatley, Jobn A. Stevens, Will E. ‘Chapman, W. E. Kidder, B. Ringgold, Lawrence Hutton, George Colby, Thomas Morrell, Joseph &. Whiting, Edward Lamb, George Brown, Joba Matthews, Mrs. Barney Williams, Mme. Ponisi, ‘Mrs. Boucicault, Mrs. Sedley Brown, Mrs. Cora Jamison, Mrs. W. G. Jones, Louise Eldridge, and Laura Don. Sixty members of the Lotus Club vand the Theta Delta Chi Socicty, to both ot which Mr. Brougham belonged, were also pres- “ent. The remains were buried in Greenwood Cometery by the side of Mrs. Brougham. John Brougham was nearly 70 when he died. ‘His tater years have been clouded by disap- ointments, sickness, and sorrow, and since the ailure of the firm of Duncan, Sherman & Co., ay which failure his fortune was swept away, this finances hare often been at a pretty low ebb. ‘Indeed, it is said that his death was hastened ‘by his lack of means to provide those comforts to which he bad been accustomed all his life, and his inubility to call in the best medical attend- ‘ance. Itis but fair to say, however, that when Lester Wallack heard of “his dangerous illness, two or three weeks ugo, he did everything that slay in bis power to smooth the last hours of his bid friend. Sumne say that Brourbam was born on May 9 "1814, while others give the yenr 1503 as the date of his birth. Probably the jatter is correct. His mative city was Dublin, Ireland. He was reared ‘an the hope of “great expectations,” but ‘through the rascality of a lawyer bis great ex- jpectations vanished fato thin air, and ut the age ‘of 2 he found himself casting about for a means of earning a livelihood. Surgery was ‘selected, but, after walking the hospizals for six months, he ‘concluded that his tastes did not sxun in that groove, and in London, ut the age of Zi, after being disappointed in a promised Goy- ernment appointment, he was trying to prevail ‘upon a recruiting sergeant to enlist him as a private suidier for the East Indes. The recruiting sergeant gave him good advice, some money, ‘and then the young man turned his attention to ‘the tage. He made his débutat the Queen's Theatre, Tottenham Court -Road, London, in Moncrieif’s operatic extravaganzt “Tom and Jerry.” Subsequently be beeame associated With Mme. Vestris, of the old Olvmpic Theatre, and during that ‘ussuciation won considerable Feputution 2s an actor and gs an wuthor. It was uring those years that he first met Boucicauit, and. although it has often been denied, it was pwing to their association that ‘ London’ Assur- ance" was written. Jobo Brougham outlined the celebrated comedy, and joinuy they put it fn dramatic shape. "In 180 he made _ bis first essay in management at the Lonion Lycoum, but the venture, owing to his utter lack of ‘business ability, like all_bis similar ventures in after life, proved # failure. In Ist! he came toAmerica. Since that time his fortunes have been intimately associated with the worst and the best portious of the Ameri- can drama. When be reached this country be found the staze in a very bad condition, not from the lack of good actors and_uctresses,—for there were the two Plicides. Peter Richings, ‘oung Wheaticigh, John Fisher, James Brown, Mrs, Wheatleigh, Miss Tuloid, and others— but’ trom a” want of public ‘attendance ant ular appreciation. ie appetite Bad fot been stimulated by tho ad ‘ventitious means that have since come into Yorue. The era of posters—of Brobdingna- int pictures, and_pictoriul effects, fences covered with acres of ink—had not arrived. ‘The theatres were ill-made and most uncom- fortable. In this connection it is interesting to turn upon John’s description of his tirst visit to a thentre in New York upon bis arrival. It was the old Park. “The play," he suys, “was *The School for Scandal,’ and’ tue company one of the best ever gathered together in America. When we entered we found an andience consist ing of but six people besides ourselves. The arrangements were almost inilar to those which exist now, only that instead of a parquet there was a ¢ pit.’ Ali told, there might have been zdozen or fifteen present, but, to muke up for the scarcity of spectators, there was an fn- ordinate number of rats so adininthly domesti- cated that they saton the ledzu of the boxes and lovked you squarely in the face without moving a musel ‘Through the influence of N. P. Willis and Gen. Borris, the poets, who were then running the New York Mirror, and who managed to urouse some curiosity among the New Yorkers concerning Brougham, he waz enabled to make his début to a Iunro and friendly house In * Love's Sacrificd.” He didn't make much of un impression at first, however, but his turn came in the faree of * His Last Legs," and then he began « poputari- fy gelled he hs retained for mately thirty penrs. From New York he went to Albiny, St. Louis, nd Chicago, playing brief enpay $ I recall the Chicsgo of those days.” he said, not tong ago, “it was an i ely dirty pluce, and consisted principally of Lake strect. Indians were sunning themselves on the corners, with bere and there a soldier belonging to Fort Dear- born among the loungers.” He made a good eal of money one way and another here, but he lost it allin.a real-estate speculation through the trickery of a Dr. Eaxan. In 18W he opened Brougham’s Lyceum Theatre in New York. but his success us. a manager was no greater thas it had been in London, und the house tell into the hands of Wallack. "From that date until fast Beason he kas been associated with we New York theatres. with the ception of a brief arement which ne filled in London with Fechter about the year Ist During those years he has contributed much to dramatic literature. His works, nowever, have bad mervdy the popularity of the hour. an actor his unctuous bum '§ made him a favorit with the public, and his personal char- acteristics were so winning. and enue, and hon- eét-as to make him tenderly remembered by all who knew bim. He was the friend of all und the foc of none, “His heart.” writes Mr. William Winter, one of his most intimate friends, * was large, wart, and eharitabl hopeful. cheerful, und actively creative; h Buinets were virtinus and kindly; bis considera- - tion for others—which extended to the hum- blest of living creatures, was thoughtful of the most minnte point of delicacy. 1ound excuse for every fuult, and gave forgiveness for almost every wrongz—spraue front the spont:ineous de- sire that everybody should be happy. His thasghts and very often his talk dwelt upon the great disparity or conditions in society, the strngeles and sufterings of the poor, and the re- Jation of evil to the inlirmities of human nature. Re did not live tor himself nt, DUT he was: profoundly and particularly interested in others, and this fevling. potent as it was zenuine, an- imated all bis life, colored all_his work, and so commended him’ to the responsive sympathy and good will of his generation t name on every lip was the name of a Tric This Works would form @ inust formidable list. dled Appe the most con: “Lo Li Tom Thumb the Second, in conjunction with Mark Lemoi Sodding.” ~ The Confidence Ma: ie oon,” vanity Orton, and Jerry in America, he Gute of Loy manceand Reality, * Plas ing with Fire,” a burlesque enjitied “ Columbu: “This House to Be Sold," **The Duke's Motto, “Bel Demonio.”” versious of “Lady Audiey Secret” and ** Only a Clod.” * Beiter Late th Never.” “The Emeraid Ring,” “Irish “Much Ado About a Merchant of Venice.” “The Bed Light," “Minnie’s Luck.” “John Garth,” “The Lily of France.” His last work was ‘4 drama entided “Home Rule,” in which he treated the aspect of political ‘and cocial affairs in Ireland. Asan actor, the parts in which he has been most familiar to the American public are; Stout, in “Money”; Dennts Brulgruddery, in “John Ball”; Sir O'Trigger, in “The London As- in hy Maguire, in “Tho fallahany in © His Last 3 Captain Mu Family"; and O'Cc Legs. In 1846 be married, for the second time, a lithe and graceful danseuse and actress of the Mme. Celeste school, whose stage name was Miss Nel- son. Her best hit was in “The Mountain Sylpb,” a baller. One of her teats was to ascend into the flies. posing gracefully upon the tips of her toes on the side of a crystal ball. Oddly enough, notwithstandiug the exercise and fatigues of her calling, she began to grow very stout, and was oblized to quit dancing for speak- ing parts, in which she succeeded us well as Miss Emily Bigl. She died some ten years ago. WANDERING THESPIANS. The crop of stars and traveling combinations Jast season exceeded that of any previous year; that for the season of 1880-'S1 promises to be even greater. During 18;9-'s0itis sald that there were not less than 120 theatrical bands wander- ing from one playhouse to another. The num- der for the ensuing scar will probably be in- creused considerably. In the appended list will be found over 100 of the more prominent troupes now muking dates for the next season, and before August there will probably be fifty or sixty more in the field: Mary Anderson, “All the Rage,” “A Messen- ger from Jervis Section,” “Arabian Nights,” “A Gentleman from Nevada, Emma Aobott, Sarth Bernhardt, Lawrence Barrett, Adele Beigarde, 0..D. Byron, Butfalo Bill, Baker and Farran, * Boarding Sebool,” June Coombs, “The Com- ciul Traveler,” Kate Claxton, Criterion Compa- ny, Adu ‘Cavendish, FS. Chanfrau, “Child of tho State,"_ Den “ ‘Thomp- son, Fanny Davenport,’ John Dillon, £3 met, ““Evangeline, | Edouin’s Spark ‘Mr. and Mrs. Florence, “ Freaks,” Frank Frayne, “Fun on the Bristol,” “Golden Game, y Gray, Gilbert & Sullivan's Opera, “Hearts of Oak," Agnes Herndon. Alice Harrison, Hyer Sisters. “Humpty Dumpty" (two companies), Opera Troupe. Joe Jefferson, Janauschek, Alvin Joslyn, Kiralfys, “ Kerry Gow,” Mr. end Mrs. G. Knight, Mrs. Keene, Lotta, Mahn’s Comic Opera, Modjeska, John McCullough, Frank Mayo,“My Partner,” Maggie Mitchell, “ ‘," Mapleson’s Italian Opera, “Nip and Tuck,” Miliou Nobles, Hunared Wives,” "Our Gentlemen Friends,” “Our Candidate,” “Our Tile Club,” “Our Goblins," Annie Pixley (* M'liss"), Loulse Pomeroy. Fred Paulding. Powers’ Paragons, K: je Putnam, “Wrincess Toto,” “Pirates of Pe " (two compunies), Paysen’s English Opera, Robson, and Crane, Joho ‘T. Itay- mond, Sol“ '‘Smith-: Russell, “Rip Vat Winkle,” Roosevelt's Opera, “Royul Midds E. A. Sothern, Scott-Siddons, Strakosch's Opera, Soldene’s Enelish Opera, “The Phalanx,” + 'Troubadours,"’ Tourists," Talmage. Charlotio ‘Taompson, “The Professor,” Union Square Com- pany, “Uncle Tom's Cabin” (four companies), “Unknown,” “ Widow Bedott, Genevieve Ward, Gus Williams, Agnes Wallace-Villa, Wallaco ‘Sisters. nZANCe LOCAL NOTES. On the 2ist ‘Tony Pastor will reappear at Ha- verly's. 3 “Humpty Dumpty” and the Spanish stadonts go to Cleveland. ‘Thomas W. Keefe goes from this city to man- ago the Leadville Theatre. ‘The New York train Inst night carried off Manager Hooley. He will be absent two weeks. “The Colleen Bawn"” has drawn tolerably liberal patronage at the Lyceum during the week. ‘Mr. Charles W. Roberts, Inte of Hooley’s Bos- ton Theatre, has become an attaché of the Han- dolph street house. Charles Forbes’ dramatic season closed. at Janesville, Wis., lust week. He says he'll run ‘two companies next season. ‘The appearance of Gus Mortimer, Joo Mur- phy's agent, indicates that we will have another. siege of * Kerry Gow" shortly. ‘The Clifford Dramatic Company will be in New London, Wis., 1ith and 15th; Appleton, Jéth and 17th; Oshkosh, 18th and 19th; and Chicago the “Ist. Hyde and Bebman, who appear for the last time at tho Olympic ‘this evening. will be suc- ceeded by Mr. well in “The Corsican Brothers.” At the National the bill for the coming week will include “ Escaped from Joliet,” * Muldoon’s Picnic,” and “ Box " Hugh Fay, Charles A. Gardner, and F. K. Wallace play prominent parte. During the races at Springfield beginning to- morrow Dalziel will run bis “Oaken Hearts.” Fred Warde. Ed Buckley, Mr. Hurley, Miss Lin- gard, Miss Newton, and 3fiss Waugh’ will be in the cast. Collier's “Celebrated Case" company with the performance to-night at Hooley’s will close the season. Mr. Collier has shared the prosper- ity during the vear just ended that has been the lot of nearly all wise managers. Gov, MeVieker returned to town yesterday. He wiil leave for the Hast in a day or two again. Itscems that his appearance was compulsory, owing to the total inability of Maj. Horace or Col. Louis Shurpe to decipher tho Governor's letters of instruction,—at least the Governor Bays So. A benefit will be teadered Manager James M. Nixon next Wednesday afternoon and evening. ‘The affair will come off at the Halsted Street Opera-House. The volunteers include Louis Warwick, Joseph A. Devlin, J. Winston Murray, W. J. Hurley, Alt and Lulu Wyman, Frank Hartwell, Felix A. Vincent, F.C. Moynihan, Georze Black. Joe Clifton, W.J. Coggswell, J. Allen, May Treat, Eva Reynolds, tho Chapman Sisters, and others. ‘The plans for Tabor's new opera-house, Den- yer, have been compizted, and Mr. Edbrooke, the'arthitect, will leave for that city this week to superintend the construction. Already the foundation walls areup,and work will be pushed vigorously with a view of opening -the house in October. “The new building will combine some of the improvements lately introduced in New York theatres. Theappronches will be wide and finely ornamented, the retiring rooms will be de yf ed. and the seating capacity will be about. 1,400. - That portion of the buliding not used for the opera-house will be utilizedas a hotel. Itissnid, we may add, that the manage- ment of this house as well us'the Tabor Opera- House at Leadville, will fall into the hands of Col. Haverly, who has just returned from that region. GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP. “Betsy,” the London Criterion comedy, has reached its 250th night. ‘The Spint thinks that Fanny Davenport is “her father in petticoats.” The youngest of the Majilton Brothers, Ed- win Henry, died in London on May 11. Gillette's “Professor” is mentioned as the opening play for next season at the Madison Square Theatre. S “The Black Crook,” as performed at a Lead- ville theatre, lasts until 4 o'clock ia the morn- ing. But drinks are sold between the acts, and those convivial intervals average an hour ench. Adelitide Neilson lately auctioned her old clothes. It was generally believed at the time that it was her wardrobe, and thnt she w: really going to take a long farewell of the stage. ‘The scheme turns out to be simply anew and grigicel advertising “racket.” She has patented it. The New York Sun, anent John, Brougham's connection with the authorship of “London As- surance.” expliins that after Boucicault bad written the comusly, and it had boen rejected, Mr. Brougham revised it_ and wrote in the Irish charicter for himself. This would scttle the matter detinitiy but for the mefancholy fact that there is no Irish rote in “ London Assurance.” ‘The Barnum Museum Company, 2 corporation just organized with a capital of $3,000.00, hus bought the Madison Square Garden property, New York, for $500,000. On that site it is pro- posed to ercet the largest exhibition building in the world, inelnding under one raof_# museunt. house, colusseum, theatre, hippodrome, al garden, ete., to be finished and opened early next year. COUNTY BUILDING. ‘TrERE are at present 269 inmates of the Conn- ty Hospital. Jcoson E. WRIGHT was on trial all day yester- day for receiving stolen xoods, Knowing thom to have been such. Tue jury inthe case of Martin and Joseph Sack. charged with havingstolen cattle in Hyde Park, returned a verdict of not guilty as to Joseph and guilty 3 w Martin. They” aflixed ins punishment at two years in State Prison. AFTER considerable discussion as to whether it was desirable 7, color and ornament the walls und ceilings of the new Court-House Building, the Committee on Buildings and Public Service Yesterduy decided to recommend to the Board of Commissioners that the contract be let to ‘Thomas Nelson upon his hid of $4,870. ‘Tug various Town Boards will meet Monday, June 2s for the purnose of revising the assess- ientof property tor the year 188). Tho Im- portance of this assessment will he readily ap- precinted from the fact that under the new law the real-estate assessment inade this year will stund for tour years. [t is therefore very im- portant that property-owners should be present if possible wt these Board mectings to assist in muking equitable assessments. ‘Ink Joint Committee yesterday took pp the question of elevators for the new Court-House. Mr. W. E. Hale. of Hale & Co., and Mr. Crane, of. the Crane Brothers’ Manufacturing Company, were present. Exch of the gentlemen was al- lowed one-half hour {n. which to present the lans fur the work and to describe the same. It s not likely that the contract will be Ict until the members uf the Committee have had time to personally examine the merits of the com- peling elevators. ecco No half-way work. Cure your th oaptae GEN HOE, QUESTS Se RE ‘do, 2 Pike's Toothache drons cure in one minute, MARINE NEWS. Heavy Engagements at Current Rates for Grain Ship- ments. A Suspicion that Shippers Are Making an Effort to Effect a Break. Home and General Notes in Infinit Variety. HOME GATHWRINGS. GRAIN AND COARSE FREIGHTS. A genuine burst of surprise was created on ‘Change yesterday when shippers quietly gavo out to the publishers of circulurs that they had secured capacity to the ammount of 2,500,000 bushels of wheat and 1,500,009 bushels of corn. A mention of the names of vessels chartered showed that several were only well on tho way down to Butfalo, while at least one was reported in The Trinune of yesterday as having but just arrived there. This may be Very properly ac- cepted agun indication of an attempt on the part of shippers to create alarm among railroad men, with the intention of effecting a brenk in rates. And it suggests the thought that the Chamber of Commerce should adopt a rule to have freight transactions builetined as fast as they occur during regular sessions. Hecently a report free- ly circulated on the Board that Keene bad failed led to a protest against unmerchantliko conduct. If there was unmerchantlike conduct in the circulation of. the report concerning Mr. Keene, is there not double ground for com- plaint against the nction of shippers yesterday? Certainly both statements must have been made with the object of sccomplishing a purpose cal- euluted to benefit. purties iuterested. Con- cerning rates, it may be snid_ that they “were "firm — xt 7% cents _ on corn and 8 cents on wheat to Buffalo. The engagements reported include, as ‘bas been al- ready stated, vessels that were taken several days ago, nnd are now cithor well down the lakes or alrendy at Buffalo, Rumor had it that a number of vessels were taken to arrive, but their names could not be ascertained, excepts mere guess work, As they stand the actual charters reported embrace the following: To Buffulo—Schooners Bolivia, J. C. King, Hun- gerford. Jumes FP. Joy, 'T."P.” Sheldon, Bruce, Morning Star, 8. H. Foster, D. E. : Argonuut, Gracie M. Filer, Inter-Ocean, Nelson, Samuel Flint, Levi Rawson, A.B." Norris, Georger. J. D. Sawyer, barges Ohio, Hynn, rapellerg Newbury. | James Fisk, “J Jay Goigl, Avon, Staruces, wheat at Sk, con barges Ketcham, Brunette, Wetinore, schooners Howland and D. P. Dobbins, corn at'7%i¢;_pro- pellers Milwaukeo, Fountain City, Commodore, corn on through’ rates. ‘To Erie—Propeliers Conestoga, Wissahickon, Philadelphia, Schuyl- Kill. G. Campbell, schooner ‘T. A. Scott, eorn'on through rates, To Collingwood—Schooners D. Norris, Craftsman, and propeller Lake Erie, ‘To Kingston—Schooner A. Muir, wheat at 1 ‘apueity,, 1,000,000 bush~ els whoxtt and 500.000 bushels corn. “The charters reported, and left entirely to surmise, are the propeller Chicago No, 2 and her tow, the pro- eller Plymouth and her tow, the steam-barge Ghamberiain and consort, and the steam-barge E. B. Hale and consort. “These vessels were all put in, so report says, either for wheat or corn to Buffalo at the current raves. Coarse freisits are plenty, a8 usual, but ves- selsscurce. “Rates muy be quoted at $1.87% fromj Manistee and $1.00 from Muskegon on lumber. Among the engagements reported were the schooners W. H. Willard and Ottawa, lumber from Muskegon to this port at $1.50 per 1,000 feet; also, the schooner Kt wheat on through rate Kearsarge, wood from Jacksonport to Chicago! at $2.50 per cord. ‘A WAIF PICKED UP. forenoon the tug Tom Brown, while long between 9 and-10 miles of this port in quest of a tow, picked upg a dugout canoe. Cupt. Charles Roneh, of the tug Jo H. Hackley, reports that a shor: distance astern of the Brown, and while the crew of the latter were in the act of making fast to the dugout, he saw, what appeared to be a fish pole rtloat in the water. {tis, therefore, possible that the finding of the walf may alford a clue ta case of drowns Yesterda: steaming DOCK NOTES. Yesterday was not only another sweltering but an exceedingly dull day along the docks. Only about one-half of the entire number of tugs found anything to do. ‘The steam-barge St. Joseph goes to Milwau- kee, so report hns ft, for a pair of the unrivaled Sheriffs wheels. During the squall at noon yesterday, the flag- statfon the propelier Badger State, bearing the ensign at the stern of the Doxt, was swept over board and drifted down stream, the valiant tug men not caring to rescue the stars and stripes from the murky deep. ‘The excursion steuuer Flora encountered the squall at the end of the harbor piers and behaved handsomely. The Chicago Dry-Dock Company sre making anew main boom for the schooner Groton. ‘The schooners Winslow and Orphan Boy wero in the Chicago Company’s dry-docks yesterday to repair leaks. NOTES FROM ABROAD. GLEANINGS. | ‘The schooner J. I. Case received a new jib- boom at Port Huron. During the recent heavy blow on Lake Erie the tug Balize lost about twelve cribs from the centre of her raft. The tug Parker recently towed the Canadian steam-Large Vanderbilt from Cove Island to Waubashene, disabled. is Sibley's new scow arrived at Detroit Wednes- day to be measured and. rigged. ‘Sho ts a nice-looking craft, seventy-five feet long and eighteen fect ten inches beam, and will be en- gaged in the stone carrying trade. Eleven feet seven and one-half inches of water in the Sault Canalis the latest report. Frank Kirby, of Wyandotte, hus been enguged for some time ‘back on the plans and specitica- tions of a new tug for McArthur, Smith & Co., of Cheboygan. The new bout will be seventy fect long, fourteen feet beam, and six fect six inches deep, and is expected to draw, with her fucl on bonrd, tive feet of water. Her engine will bo high pressure, fourteen inches diameter of cylin- der, nnd sixteen inches stroke. ‘The tug Sweepstakes will tow the dismasted schooner D. A. Van Valkenburg to Butfalofrom this lake. ‘The schooner Sligo, ashore on Cockburn Island, Lake Huron, is reported to be in bad sbape, t. W. RL Campbell, of the schooner Morn- ing Star, was arrested at Cleveland on Saturday last for ‘shooting bisson Edward, ex-mate of the vessel, in the car, Cupt. Pred Bornton, of the scow D. M. Norton, reports seeing nbout 50,000 shingles of Manistee munufacture atloat Tuesday night some thirty miles of Port Washington, ‘The stcam-barge Olean, while attempting to pick up the barge Mohawk in the channel at Erie on the 10th, was caught by tho undercur- rent and became unmanageable. She ran hard aguinst the vessel and badly demolished. She lost all her bulwarks, starboard arch, stanchions, und pilot-house. The Mohawk escaped with $200 damages to her starborrd and bow. while it is estimaten that it will take $4,000 corepalr she Olean. carta he Canadian tug Smyth has been_sold by W. Loid: of Chatham, to He Miller, of Detroit for he tug Boh Hackett was sold_at Detroit on Fuesday by Capt Reynolds to B. Waters for Alexander Trerice, of Dresden, has purchased Mr. Currie’s interest (one-third)' inthe steam- barge Enterprise for $3200, Mr. . now owas two-thirds in per. So Writes a correspondent from Amherstburg. The Detroit Lostand Tribune makes mention ofa report that the tug Mocking-Dird earned $1,700 between Friday and Tuesday last. <A Sarnia paper reiites that the pleasure-boat Alfred Wilson, formerly of Port Franks, has fallen upon evil days, and was lately brought to the hammer, The sale, however, was unexpect- edly stopped on discovering that some one dur- ing the night had carried off the boiler and en- gine. ‘The scow D. M. Norton, lumber-laden from ‘Muskegon to Port Washington,is waterlogged at the latter port. ‘The scbooner J. F. Tracy was obliged to run into harbor at Frankfort Tuesday night leaking, and minus a portion of her deck load. ‘The schooner N.C. West arrived at Detroit on ‘Tuesday night with ber foremast head and main- topmast gone, lost during Sunday's gale on Lake Erie: nlsothe downward passage on tho same day of the schooner George G. Houghton minus her foretopmast, the xchooner Emma A. Mayes with her mizzen topmast missing. and the schooner A. G. Morey with her Jibboom broken. ‘The north harbor pier at Manistee is being extended, and the contractor bas finished set- tng a crib. Masters of vessels trading to thit rt should bear this in mind, as the crib is just ere with he water. e scows John Bean and Nancy Dell were in dry-dock at ‘Milwaukee day before yeat repair leaks. ss ea LAKE PORTS. DULWAUKEE. ; _Speetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Minwarkee, Wis June 12—The waters logred scow D. M. Morton was towed here from Port Washington to-day by the tug Coe and Dlaced in dry-dock; damages slight. Arrivals—Schooners ll. M. Scove, Mystic Star, Thomas Guwn, J.B. Merrill, F.3f. : sotis, Blake, and Paimouta. 7” SBAPP. Myo- Cleared—Schooners F. A. Morse and J.B. Gil- more. Charters—To Kingston, schooner Falmout! wheat, at E cents; to Bufinlo, echooner Ht. ¥ Scove, wheat at§ cents; schooner J-E. Gllmore, corn, at 7% cents. PORT COLBORNE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Pout CoLnorng, Ont., June 12—Passed down —Propeller Dominion, Detroit to Montreal, gen- eral cargo; Clinton, Chicago to Kingston, corn; Cl: a . Milwaukee to Kit Standon, ‘Milwaukeo tocicingstan.ehent: Hu- ron, to Kingston, com; Manzanilla, Chicago to . Kingston, corn. 0; hooners Kate Kelly, Oswego to Chi coul; Mary, $t, Catharines to Cleveland, light; Waneetta, Ogdensburg to Cleveland,’ iro Antelope, Kingston to Chicngo, pig-iron; Je nie White, Osweyo to Toledo, ‘coal; propeller Zealand and consort, Sfontreal to ‘Cleveland, genera! cargo. DETROIT. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Detnorr, Mich., Juno 12.—Pasied up—Propel- lers Starucea, James Fiske, Je. Sonim and consort, Atlantic, ck, Empire, steam- Michigan and barges, | E. B. Hale, D. W. Rust and consorts, Havana and consort, Fletcher and con- sorts, W. I. Graves and consort, schooners Mary Collins, Donaldson, Metropolis, A. Ford, L. Van Valkenburgh, Tom Baker, B.I'. Bruce, James G, Harrison, "David Wagstaff, Jura, H. Ross, Pierrepont, Venus, Passed down—Propellers Montana, _ Idaho, Roanoke, Antelope und barges, B. W. Blanch- ard; steam-barge Cleveland and barges, O. Townsend and consort, Westford and barge: and schooners Seaman, Ira Chaifee and burges, Egyp- tian and consorts, D. F. Rose and barges, Chica- g0, Kershaw, Albacon, John lice, Michigan, E. A. Nicholson, E. L. Coyne, Queen City, L. Hanna, A.J. Rodgers, OSWEGO. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. OswxGo, N. Y¥., Junee 12.—The Canadian schooner Eliza Quinlan, Iumber-laden, from Port Hope for Oswego, ran ashore nine miles west of here at daylight to-day during a thick fog. Tho crew did not discover land until she struck, when they went ashore in the yawl. Capt. Braund walked to this city for a tug. The Wheeler with a lighter went td the vessel, and five bours later she was safe fn port, only slight- Jy damaged. + A.C. Muttoon’s new steamer to run between here und the Thousand Islands was successfully Iaunched to-day. She is about 12 feet long, 3 feet bent, about 300 tous burden. She will ac- commodute seventy-five first-class cabin pas- sengers, but will carry more. CLEVELAND. Special Dispatch to The Chiasgo Tribune, CueveLAnD: June ag hneeet ropes Arctic, Portage, merchundiso; Benton, Saul Ste. Marie, lumber; schoonor Cleveland, Mar- uctte, ore. : rh red—Propellers Chicago, Delaware, J. S. Fay, Cuba, Dean Richmond, Roanoke, New York, Chicago, merehnndise;' Arizona? Duluth, merchandise; D. M. Wilson, Marquette; schoon- ers Carlingford, coal; S. J. Tilden, Chicago; F. W. Ferry and Sweesheart, Escanaba, PORT DALHOUSLE. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Porr Datnovsts, Ont., June 12.—Bound uy Schooner Gibraltar and Lisgar, Kingston to Chi- ‘cago, light. Bound down—Schooners @ M. Neelon, J. R. Benson, James Wade, and W. J. Preston, Chi- cago to Kingston, corn; Mary Linn and Co- manche, Milwaukee to ‘Kingston, wheat; St. Louis and ‘Two Triends, Chicago to Kingston, corn; propeller Europe, Chicago to Montreal, wheat. CHEBOYGAN. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribume, CrEnoyaan, Mich., June 12—The propelter City of Duluth broke’ the staybolts in her fire- box yesterday while going into Mackinaw har- bor, and is detained in consequence. Part of the load may be taken off, A steamer of the same line will probably tow herto Chicago. The Duluth was bound for Lake Superior ports, EIUE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribwene, Ents, Pa., June 12.—Arrived — Schooners Hutchinson "and Pathfinder, ore, Escanaba; propeller N. K. Fairbank, wheat, Detroit, Cleured—For Chicago, propeller Fairbank, schooner Hutchinson, light; schooner Pathfind- er, Escanuba; schooner J. S. Richards, coal, Daluth. BAY crry. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Bay Crry, Mich., June 12.—Fears are onter- tained forthe safety of the small sailboat Nyack, containing two men named Phillips, which left Ritle River Wednesday for Bay City: Shipments this week—6,000.000 feet:of lumber, 100,00 uth, 13,000 cubic feet of timber, and 19,000 barrels sult. | MARQUETTE. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Manguetre. Mich., June 12.—Cleared—Pro- peller Anos Sinith, tug Johnson, schooners Flor- ida, Flying Mist, C. H- Johnson, Wabash, Three Brothers. { Passed up—Propeller Pacific. Passed down—PropellerCity of Fremont. KINGSTON. | Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Krxastox, June 12.—Arrived—Propeller Eu- rope, from Chicago; after lightening 4,000 bush- els of wheat she procecded to Montreal. Passed down—Propeller City of St. Catharines, from Chicago. : ESCANABA. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, ESCANABA, Mich. June 12.—Arrived—t'ro- pellers Raleigh, Iron Age; schooners John Schuette, Unadilla, fron State, Lucoine, Cleared — Propellers Iron Age, Norman; schoonors Iron State, Ahira Cobb. COLLINGWOOD. + Special Dispatch to Tle Chicago Tribune, Couuincwoov, Ont., June 12—Departed— Schooner Belle Brown, Green Bay, to load poles for Chicago. : PORTSMOUTH. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. PortsMourH, Juno 12.—Depurted—Sehooners Breck and Gulnair, Chicago, pig-iron. PORT OF CHICAGO. ARRIVALS. Stmr Chicago, Manitowoc, sundries. Stmr Muskezon, Muskexon, sundries. Prop Waverly, Buffalo, sundries. Prop Wissahickon, Buifulo, sundries, Prop Skyiark, Benton Harbor, sundries. Prop T. S. Faxton, South Haven, sundries Prop Messenger, St. Joseph, sundries. Prop M. Groh, Manistee, Inmaber. Prop New Era, Grand Haven, towing. Prop T. W. Snook, White Lake, lumber. Prop Milwaukee, Buttalo, sundries. Prop G. P, Heath, Saugatuck, sundries. Prop Peerless, Duluth, sundries. Prop A. Laura, Muskexon, lumber. i Prop G. Campbell, Ludington, lumber. Prop St. Joseph, Muskegon, lumber, Prop Bismarck, Meuckaunee, towing. Prop Ohio, Buffalo. light Schr Schuylkill, Erie, Schr J. R. Noyes, Oswez0. coal. Schr 8. A’ Trish, Grand Haven, lumber. Schr City of Grand Hapids, Grand Haven, Inm- ber. Schr City of Grand Haren, Grand Haven, Jum- ber. Schr Emeline, Manistee, tumber. Schr M. Thompson, Muskegon, lumber. Schr Reed Case, Buffaio, coal. Schr Radical, Muskegon, lumber. Schr Sam Flint, Buffalo, ‘coal. Schr O. Shaw, Kenosha, gravel. Schr Eclipse, 'Pierport, lumber. Schr Lady Dufferin, Collingwood, bark. Schr Adirondack, Muskegon, lumber. Schr E. Jones, Buffalo, coal, Schr Grace Murray, Georgian Bay, railroad ties. Schr Myrtle, Muskegon, lumber, Schr Sardinia, White Lake, lumber. Sehr O. Mitchell, Oswego, coal. Schr D. L. Filer, Menekunnee, tumber. Schr Marinette, Menekaunee, lumber. Schr E. T. Judd, Menekuunee. lumber. Schr R. Lt. Hayes, Buttalo, coal, Schr Magdatena, Pan's Pier, bark. Schr E. Packard, Packard's Pier, bark. Schr C.N. Ryan, Buttato, light. ACTUAL SAILINGS. Schr Wolverine, Muskegon. Sehr El Tempo. ‘Abnapee, Sehr O , Muskegon. rund Haven. areitrge, Manistee. ‘Thompson, Muskegon, City of Grand Hiven, Grand Haven. Schr South Haven, Muskegon. Sehr Maria, Manistee, Schr Emeline, Manistee. Sehr Radical, Muskegon. Prop M. Groh, Muskegon. Prop Scotia, Montrent, Sebr 0. Shavy. Sc. Joseph. Sehr Advance, Muskegon. Sebr City of Grand Rapids, Grand Haven. Schr M. Thompson, White Lake. ‘ Schr Sunrise, Buffalo, 39,000 bu corn. Prop Argyle, Montreal, iv,890 bu corn. Sebr Groton, Buffalo, 23,509 bu corn. Sehr Telegraph, Butfalo, 15,0) bu corn. Prop Hitton, Pike's Pier, sundries. Prop John Gregory, Sturgeon Bay, towing. Stmr Chicago, Manitowoc, sundries. Stmr Muskegon, Muskegon, sundries. Scur Schuylkill, Erie, 32.00) bu corn, Schr M. E. Tremble. Buffalo, 48,000 bu corn. Schr M. L. Collins, Butfalo, 16,000 bu corn, Prop Conestogn, Erie, 21,000 bu corn, 3:3 bris. tour, and sundries, Schr G. M. Filer, Buffalo, 16,121 bu corn. Schr Felloweraft, Collingwood, 14,500 bu wheat. a Stepping into W. W. Kimball’s warerooms, corner of State and Adams streets, we were shown an entirely new design of case on one of those magnificent Hallet, Davis & Co.’s cabinet grand upright pianos. The sides of the instrument flare back in such a manner as to display the sides from a front view. It is finished in ebony and gold, and paneled with variegated wood. The effect is unique and very handsome. It is a combination in case and tone never before equaled in this country. This is really a regal instrument fit to ‘adorn and beautify any palace. It would well repay any one. musically. in- clined and with an eye to the beautiful to call and inspect this elegant piece of work- 1 manship. ant note His vase iiprovements ia. y| i, and tone ut are constant lymade in pianos, "> DM! are being a Don’t use stimulants, but Nature's real brain and nerve Lood—Hop Bitturs, ‘ | The Librarian's Report of Its Progress During the Year. Necessity for a Permanent Location— The Demands of the Future. The Board of Directors or the Public Library held their eighth annual meeting yesterfay afternoon, President Shorey in the chair, and present Messrs. Hotz, Mason, Sprague, and Lowenthal. An amendment to the rules, providing that no books except current periodicals shall be pur- chased without the approval of the Board, was agreed to. Mr. Hotz, trom the Committee on Adminis- tration, recommended that 75 conts and .$1 ox- tra be allowed the Clerk and Secretary respect- ively for night servico and $2 for Sunday serv- jee. Concurred in. ‘The Special Committee appointed to invest!- gate the condition of the Library Fund was granted further timo. MR. POOLE, THE LIBRANIAX, resented his annual report, which was as fol- OWS: ‘The recont reports of all public libraries con- cur in the statement that the general revival in every branch of business during the past year has diminished their circulation and the use of their reference-books. The explanation is in the obvious fact that their patrons ure so en- grossed in business pursuits that they have not 30 much time for reading ag formerly. Our Stutistics show the same result, the circulation for.the past year being 16 per cent below that of 1879, and_13 per cent’ below that of 1873. ‘The falling of in the circulation of the Lower Hall, or centrai circulating department of the Boston Public Library, the past year has been 13 per eent, ‘and the revival of business came earlier in Chicugo| ‘than in Boston. With us, tho use of reference-books hus been larger than in any preceding year, and the visitors and issues in_the reading-room havo exceeded those of 1878 and 181. ‘The Library during the past year has been steadily gaining iu strength und symmetry, and the jooks “purchased were In number donble the gyerage purchases of the three preceding years, Hf some plan hud been devised by which the moncy for the support of the Library could be made rvnilible during the year in which the taxes are levied, the inore liberstl appropriations of 1673 and 18:0 would have added largely to the book-purchnses. Under the present em, 2 year or more elupses before the taxes levied are collected aud are available, The Board has al- Ways pursued the safe and judicious policy of not buying books until it had the ready money to pay for them, When it is considered that the Library was tirst opened to the public in May, i874, after the [ate tnancinl panic ané pusiness prostration came upon the country, it may seem. a little remarkable that it hus grown to its Present size and importance with the small appropriations it has sinee received. For four years of this period of retrenchment inevery department of the city’s expenditures tho appropriations for the Library were barely sullicient to pay its running expenses, without buying a book ‘or periodical. The unexpended balances of the tirst iwo liberal upproprintio of 1812 and 1573. as they were slowly collecte have served to tide the Library over the shallows to this period of commercial ‘prosperity. Amid these pecuniary embarrassments the Library has made a growth and done a work whi places it in THE FRONT RANK OF SIMILAR AMERICAN INSTI- ‘TUTIONS. No library can, show larger results for the amount of inoney expended tpon it. In a less enlightened cominunity than Chicago, it would not have been strange ff, in the durk days of financial distress, the new’ enterprise had been abandoned or fatally crippled... ‘That {t has sur- Vived, and that it bas won the confidence and sympathy of the public and. the municipal authorities. is the omen of a brighter future before it. His Honor the Mayor, in his recent ‘address -to the Council, gives the Library his fullest support, and calls Special attention to its most pressing “uecd of a building adapted for its use which shall be ac- cessible and fire-proof. i BOOKS. ‘The number of volumes now in the Library is 61,722. The number reported last year was 60.- 423. "The accessions of the year have been 8,440, of which 7,799 have been bought and 641 given. The number of volumes worn out und con- demued was 1.141, of which 818 were English rose tiction, 23t juvenile books, 11 bistory, 42 german literature, 9 voyages ‘and travels, 9 octry und miscellanies, and 18 in other classes. he uecession of pamphlets has been 487, of which 114 have been bought and 3 given. ‘The amount expended for books was $4,135.44. Tho following list. shows the number of” volumes in twenty-nine classes in the Library and the num- ber of volumes added to euch class’ during the year: Number Acces- of wols. sions of inthe the past Library. year. History... + 4,588 27 Biography. 2 209° Poetry and Drama 108 Essays und Miscellanies 5 Vovages and Travels. : 4st Collected Works and Polygraphy. 1,898 8 Language and Literature, + 780 B Fine Arts, 615 51 Practical Aria. 2153 18 Natural Science, 21168 81 Political and Social Science. Tus 1 Mentul and Moral Science ‘Gl9 cy Ancient Clussies.. 453 19 Religion. 2,260 9 Medicine. ‘933 cys Law 38 10 Beri ai Bia 621s 79 ublic documents, State’ ‘papers, ete. 193 429 Bibliography ‘513 28 Dictionaries and Encyclopzedi 038 e English Prose Fiction. 3 3426 Juvenile......... T36 German Literature, 878 Freneh Literature. 3 Scandinavian Literature. 299 Dutch Literature... wong Ttniian Literature. 4 Bohemian Literature. ANS Spanish and Portuguese Litera- ture...... Seeaee. sete Total.........0. B10 BOOK-BORROWERS. ‘The number of persons now holding cards which entitle them to draw books from the Library is 18,635. All cards are called in atthe expiration of two years from the date of their issue, anda new certificate of guarantee and a new recistration are then required. Of the 9,313 new registrations, 5,824 were of males and 4,638 of females. CIRCULATION OF BOOKS. The Library has been open for the delivery of books during the yeur HG days, and the number of volumes taken out for hone use was 26,751, ora daily average of 1,002 volumes. The nw ber reported last year was 368.425, and in 1878 351,506. ‘This fallidy off in the circulation, which has already been alluded to, commenced with the sudden rovival of business in the spring of last year. The largest number of volumes is- sued in one was 2176—Keb. 21: and the smallest number in one day was 613J—June 25. ‘The daily averages by Jows: June, 883; J t, 91: tember, &2;' October, Sil: November, 1,01 cember, 9; January, 1126; February, 1271 March, 1,20; April, 1.100; May, 26. ‘Phe aver- e evening circulation’ has Ucen 210 against 23 of the preceding year. ‘The amount received for fines on delinquent books was 31,721.63. The strict enforcement of fines has had tho effect of securing from yeur to year greater punctuality in the return of boo) of reducing the amount received from fine: 1876, $2,531-4 was_ rece from fines; $2,710.64; in 1878, $1,959.57; and in 1879, $1,882.70. | CLASSIFICATION OF THE CIRCULATION. The statistics given below indicate but little change in the classes of books which are drawn from the Library. The use of English prose, fiction, and juvenile books bas {nerensed from GL.61 per vent to 6t-t per cent, and it is explained by the fact that many volumes in this class which were worn out have been replaced during the past year. ‘The percentage of circulation of novels and juvenile books is_still 10 per cent below the issues of this class of books in other libraries that supply the books the masses of the people wish to read. For the purpose of com- parison the percentages of circulation in seven classes for each year since the Library was opened are given with the statistics of the past year: , History and blography. ‘oynges nnd travel Science and arc. Poetry and dram Works languages. English “prose,” tiction,| and juventie boo ‘Misceltancous. ‘The use of books at the reference tables bas been constantly increasing. The number of persons who have made use of this privilege was 23,105, and the number of volumes consulted was 68,115. OF the visitors 4.95 came to consult the. patent specifications and drawings. As the set of the British patent publiestionshas approached completion, their use by iuventors and patent solicitors hus largely increase]. The set is now complete from 1852 to 1874, both years Inclusive, and the binding of the scries from 1873 to 1s has been ordered. ‘The 138 volumes for 1875, { cluding the indexes and abridgment, were shipped from London May 20, and will ‘arrive here ina few days. The old series from 1617 to 1851, 20 yotumes, are still stored in London un- bound. ‘Tne binding of tho old series will cost about $1.10), and when that is done the set will be complete'to the present time. In the future, the binding of the geries can be kept up at much less expense than formerly, as the Commission- ers of Patents have changed the form of pub- Mention, by reducing the size of the dra and bringing both the specifications and draw- {ngs into one uniform royal octavo size. As the readers have free access to the American patents, no record has been kept of their use. READING-ROOK. Agreat improvement has been madein the { for securing them to the desks. The number of newspapers taken is Iurger than ever before, and there has been a@ small increase in the num- ber of visitors and issue of periodicals over tha two preceding years. The number of serials kept on tile was 319, of Which 22L are periodicals and 13 newspapers. Of the periodicals, 105 are American, 73 Enztish, 37 German, and 9 of other nationalities. Of tho newspapers, 3 are dailies and 73 weeklies, of which 9 dailies and 50 week- lit are given ‘by their publishers. Of the Aterican newspapers on lle. If are printed in the German language, § in the Scandinavian languages, 7_in the Bohemian, 2 in the Polish, and 1 in the French language. These papers are constantly read, and, with the exception of four, are tne donations of their publishers. ‘The number of visitors to the reading-room was 189,535; the preceding year it was 196,583; and the number of periodicals issued was 124,597; the preceding year it was 119.54. The average number of readers on Sunday was 29%. FINDING LISTS, A new (the fifth) edition of the finding lists of uses Containing the titles of all the books received up to Jan, 1, 1880, amounting to 65 yolumes, after an annoying two months’ délay by the ‘coutractor in furnishing the paper ordered, wus issued May, 8, and has grently added to tho working facilites of the library. At the cost price of 25 cents each, 256 copies were sold during the month. Of the fourth edition, which was out of print five months be- fore the new edition was ready copies were sold. The card ertalog is complete to the latest book received, and, aithough not handled by the public. is much used for their benefit in answer~ in inquiries as to the larger resources of the rary. ‘THE FUTCRE. ‘The question of all others which concerns the future of the Library is that of providing for it safer and more accessible quarters. The public will not undergo the physical fatigue of cliind~ ing stafrs to the third and fourth story of a mer- cautile block for their reading, and tis penalty Ought not to be required. ‘The growing aversion to ascending stairs is evinced by the fact that tho owners of all buildings designed for. offices in the business portions of the city have found it necessary to put in elevators in order to se- cure tenants for their upper stories. A gentle- man from New York, who is interested in libra- ries, and was familiar with the statisties of this Library, called on me a few days uzo, and, bay- ing inspected our arrangements and_necommo- dutions, said be was amazed that the Library had done the work it has done, in such quarters. “What would not this Library do.” he suid, “near the ground, and in u ‘building of its Sr ait, withia, my personal knowledge that many persons have discontinued to driw books becnuse they could nut endure the fatigue of nscending the stains. ‘The circulation and use of books, I'am convinced, is more likely to di- minish than to increase so long us the Library Temuing in those inaccessible regions. His Honor the Mayor inhis recent address brought this cubject to the attention of the Council in very clear and impressive. terms. “I am not avwitre,” he said, “of any instance’ where a city library is kept’ in the third story of a rented building occupied by twenty other tenants, and Mable at any moment to be burned up. In’ case of a fire, it would be impossible to save any con- siderable portion of the buoks, which, independ- ent of the assoviations connected with many of them as gifts contributed to the city after the great fire, have n pecuniary vulue of over 3100,- 0. . .'. Should the building in which the Library is located be destroyed, the indifference of the authorities would be condemned in un- Measured terms.” Before a permanent location tor the Library is fixed upon, there aresome gen- eral considerations suggested by ex Rerience which ouxht not to be overlooked. ie Litrary now occupies 17.00 square fect of space,” and needs 2,00. Its annual accession of hooks has been nearly 10,600 vol- umes, and is likety to be more in the future. The fact of a permanent and tire-proof building. Willattract large donations. When the Boston Public Library Building wus finished, Mr. Joshua Bates, of London, who had atready. given £10,000 to the General Library Funa, ‘requested the ‘Trustees to buy books in London to the amount of anothor £10,009, and be would pay the bills. He assigned as his renson for go doing that the Library had now a permanent and safe building. ‘Tho Chicago Library having now nearly 70,000 volumes, in ten years will have 170,000, nnd’ in twenty years 20,000, or doubtless more. "Accom~ medations which are appropriate for it now will be wholly insuificient_and ill adapted to its use inafew years. The Library must, theretore, have a location where it can occupy more space, asthe demand for more space arises, and plans for extension must bea part of the original gcheme. Nearly all the buildings erected for the large Hbraries of the country have been failures because the future was not provided for. The suite of apartments in the Capitol at Washington, assigned and fitted up at an im- mense expense for the Library of Coazress, which are soon to be abandoned, is a nota- vie instance of this nck of foresizht, Another is the Boston Public Library. It was dedicated twenty-three years ago. [ ten years it was found to be insuificient in size, and the lot did not admit of enlargement. In Ie70 tho ‘Trustees recommended to the City Council that the property be abandoned and the enterprise be commenced over agnin on a larger tot. ‘The City Council did not favor this scheme on ac- count of the immense expense involved, as the city had no public land that could be used for this purpose. The Council, however, authorized an expenditure of money ’in temporary expe~ dients for getting more room whieb would build a library structure for Chicagu. All these ex- Pedients were insufficient and unsatisfactory, and the Library for several years has been it, distress for room, for storage of its books and for the use of readers. The City Council of Bos- ton dur-ng the past winter petitioned the Legis- lature of Massachusetts for an entire block of land in the Back Bay district for the use of the Public Library, and offered to all the citizons of Massachusetts equal privileges in the Libra- ry with the citizens of Boston. ‘The petition was ated, and the land was donated. The old ibrary building, therefore, on Boylston street, which, with all its expeasive improvements, is to be given up, will be almost a total loss. ‘These suggestions are made with reference to a Proposition that may soon come up for consid- eration of providing for the Chicago Public Library a permanent location. It is evident, from the statement already made, thnt no space hemmed in by four stone walls can serve n5.a permanent location. It may answer for some yeurs us a temporary location, and, perhaps, that is all that can now be provided for. Tho larger plan, nevertheless, fis the one that Must sooner or inter be adopted. If the city has publicland that can be set aside for the Public Library, the larger plan 1s the moro economical, asthe building decd not be expen- sive, and only so much need now be erected as will’ meet the Immediate wants of the Library. ‘The essential conditions of any location are sumeient space, ample light, security from fire, and immunity ‘from weariness of the flesh in climbing stairs. President Shorey presented THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS, which isto be transmiited to the Council. It contains little which is not in Mr. Poole’s re- Port. Mr. Shorey tendered his resignation, ana it was accepted with regret. An election for a successor resuited in tho se- lection of Mr. Lowenthal, who returned thinks, and referred to the necessity for tuking the pre- parutory steps for securing a suitable building for the Library, ‘The Board thon adjourned. CITY-HALL NEWS, ‘Tre Committee on Streets and Alleys North is called for to-morrow. Brps for the construction of a viaduct at Sangamon street will be opened the 23th. The structure, it Sestimated, will cost about $104,000, of which the ra ilronds will pay about $75,000. ‘Tue City Treasurer yesterday received $1,000 from the Collector, $1,503 from the Water De- partment, $20 from the Controller, and $75,48 from the County Collector on account of tho 1879 tax. ‘Tue contract was yesterday awarded to Gus Wilke & Co. fur constructing a water-pipe tun- nel under the river at Clybourn place. They were tho lowest bidders, and are to receive for their trouble $4,633, and ‘commence the work at once. MARSHAL, SWENTE bad a dispatch yesterday stating. that Jackson Fire Company, No. 18, of New Orleans, would reach here ‘Tuesday morn- ing on avisit. ‘They will bé the guests of the Fire Department for a few days, and from here will go to Milwaukee. Harnorwasrer JonN McCaRrtay was Inst evening. presented with a horse and saddle b his friends. ‘The refreshments cost him consid- erable, but he was happy; nevertheless, beeause itwas’a genuine surprise. Ald. Peevey made the presentation speech. Hexry JeNsixcs, of Dallas Centro, Ia., writes the Mayor und offers a preventive'and cure for sunstroke, for which he charges $1.00, He claims to have discovered the sceret he bas for Sale, and that its efficney has been tested for the Past forty years, The Mayor docs not think he will invest. THE rallrond companies Interested were yes- terday invited to confer with the city authori- ties in reference to the immediate construction ofa viaduct on the west side of the river at Harrison street. As soon us thoy can be heard from tho necessary steps will be taken looking to entering upon and corapleting the improve- ment. Tie Committee on Streets and Alleys Sonth had before them yesterday afternoon the ordi- nance providing for allowing the ‘railroad com= Danics interested to construct a viaduct on their tracks atthe foot of Randolph street, or from ichigan avenue to the lake. The railroads asked for the passage of such an ordinance sume time ago, the object being to open up and make available, it is understood, certain of their duck property. The matter was debated at some lenzth, and the result was, the ordinance was amended and approved. ‘The remonstrance against paving Michigan avenue from Lake to Randolph was piaced on file, a3 the ordi- nance in favor of vacating Lake avenue. ‘Tne Finance Committee ot the Board of Ea cation had a consultation with the Mayer eat Controller yesterday looking to remedying the Paying of the teachers in scrip. “The Committes Wanted to borrow money to pay the May and June salaries, and there was no objection +o the loan on the part of his Honor, Provided the of Education would adopt a resolution to return the money from the first_tax collections, Was etc, The resultot the seen whether or not the City Treasurer will agree with them. If he refuses to advance the money, and ho ‘bas control of tho matter, this willend it. Tho teachers should be paid, how- ever, as the other employés are. ‘THE reason steps have not been taken t building the pumping works at the junction of the South Branch und the canal is said to be that the city authorities bave been unable to get the sioners. The real cause, however, is that thera has been too much politics in the whole matter. But uow that the Mayor is not a candidate for Governor something may be expected. EMIGRANTS AND SMALL-POX. ‘The Health Department yesterday discov: avenue and the canal. It appears, as far could be learned, that the destitute’ Bohemfan emigrants at the Chicago Avenue Station afew days ugo were but 4 purt of the passengers of asteater upon which the disease appeared In the passage, and that the others arriving here seattered, thirteen of whom “squatted’* near the canal. At least, the disease was found among this number of emigrate, who were liv= ing in temporary shantics at the Doint given, and subsisting ‘upon whatever they oul get. They were practically destitute, and, although only one of the number was down with the disease, il of them were taken charge of” during the day and put within the hospital walls. None of them ean speuk our language, nor could they appreciate the situation they were in; hence their removal was rexarded by them as a blessing. ‘To what extent they have scattered the disease, time alone can tell, but the worst is feared since they, in connection'with the Chicago avenue crowd, have been paupers and objects of charity since their arrival, and been brought largely in cone tact with the charitable public. it was sup— posed that the Health Department was watching the arrival of emigrants, with a view to warding off the disease, but it 'appears that they have been beaten, and that thoy never discovered the fact until yestenlay. The weather is against the spread of the disease, of course, but unless its introduction is intercepted the city is Hable \o suffer in more ways than one. a EVANSTON. 3 The following is the program of the Com- mencement exercises: Friday, June 15~Com- mencement of the Preparatory School. Sunday Baccalaureate sermon, Bishop Bowman. Mon- day—Morning, cluss-day exercises; afternoon, ficld day; evening, probably the Senior excur sion. Tuesday—Morning and afternoon, meet~ ing of the Trustees of the University; evening, the Kirk oratorical contest for a prize of $10, Wednesday—Morning and afternoon, Alumni day and celebration of the twenty-fifth anni- versary; evening, the first Commencement of the Conservatory of Music, when the three graduates and the " orches+ tra of sixty pieces willtake part. Thursday— Morning, commencement exercise; evening, President’s levee at the residence’ of Oliver Marcy, LL.D. Friday, reunion of the class of "W. The week will be one of rare interest. The musical commencement, under the direction of Prof. Orin E. Locke, will’ surely be of a very high order of excellence, and this with the anniver- sary services will be catirely new features. The foliowing are the Kirk subjects: Miss Carrie Scott, “St. Bernard und Monasteries;" “Misa Julia’ Watson, “The Scottish Covenanters: Miss Helen Miller, “The Moors of Spain;” W. BR. Norton, “Moses and Mahomet;” W. F. W< “A Supposed Speech ot Southern Patriot.” The following were elected Friday by the Hin- man Literary Society Hinman contest: F. L. Rice, Prana Merrell, C, = Piper, W.H. Huston, Walter Helm, R. V.De coir. ‘The Adelphics have elected the folk to take part in their oratorical contest, which they have put down for the fatten pare of next term: G. A. Foster, A. H. Briggs, J. E. Nichol, N. J. Miller, T. H. Thatcher, J. C. Butcher. Saante and evening in the First Methodist ‘The liv. George C. Noyes, D. D.. will preacl this moras and evening in the Prosbyteriss Church. ‘The Rev. Gorge R. Pearce will preach this morning in the services detente Se Church. Usual ie Kev. A. J. Scov oS igregae tional pulpit this morn bes s he ioauadla tion! of "2 Rev. Dr. Jewell as Pastor of St. Murk’s Episi ‘hureh ‘been postponed to a later day. V* Chureh bas 5 FINANCIAL shank TRON SILVER MINING COMPARY, Orzantzed under the Iams 01 yy, Loention of Mine: LEADVILUENOS Fork Capital Stock, #14.100.00; 50,00) shares; QLORADO. "i SLOCK UNASSESSABLE.™ Value Sa OFFICERS: sident. GEO. ! lana 3 ul Agent Bankers SOURTH ‘William H.stovens. Geo i. Hoverts, Levl Z. Letiag Iam TL. Stovens. Geo. D, Ito : Richard ©. Secormiek, Jonas HL Prencke ‘Luther R, Marsh, Stephen V. White, Geo. B. Robinson, James D. ‘Smith. Principal Offce: Roomsst and 56 BOREEL BUILD TNO. NOUS Broadwar Sew Fore Grain, Speculation in large or emall amounts. $25 or $25,000. Write W. T. SOULE & CO., Commission Merchanta, 180 La Salle St. CHICAGO. ILL.. for Circulars. COCOA, CRATEFUL--COMFORTING, EPPS’ COCOA. 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