Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 28, 1880, Page 10

1U . _ (‘PHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY,. NOVEMBER 28, 1880-—EIGH'TEEN. PAGES. * ‘THE STAGE. Attractions Going From and Coming To Chicago. Salvini at Rehearsal—Will- iam Randolph Floyd. Joe Murphy’s Trouble with Fred Maeder— Bernhardt’s Phedre. GOING AND COMING. Hooley, since the season began, has hadthe bulk of the light musical-comical entertain- ments seen in this city. Among them we have found two really clever things,— “Lawn Tennis” and the conceit running during the past week, entitled * Dreams; or, Fun in 2 Photograph Gallery.” There is much more originality in the former than in the latter, and the fun is of a more delicate kind, but “Dreams” contains merry matter enough to give an audience the worth of their money in Jaughter. There is nothing in it particularly new,—In fact, Willie Edouin’s business is fittle else than the best of what he has done in the Lydia Thompson and other troupes siuce he came to thiscoun- try. All his business, however, is good and is well placed in the piece. The first act is reminiscent of “The Chimney Corner” and “The Cricket of the Hearth.” In this act Mz. Edouin gives a clever picture of ‘an old man, Jol Agutonio Binks, and companion portrait is presented by Alice Atherton in his wife It is Christmas eve. ‘The old couple give a party to their sons and daughtersin-law. The scene is tastefully arranged. Toasts are given. Old Binks makes a funny speech, and, after the young poople have gone, he sits by the fire and dreams. The curtain rises apon the interior of a photograph gallery. Everybody has something to de, and everybody does that something well; but perhaps the most irre- sistibly funny thing in the whole act is the carricature of the photographer furnished by Mr. Jacques Kroger. In his eccentric make-up,—a cross between Romco Jaffer Jenking and the Crushed Tragedian,—in his attitude while manipulating the camera, in his comic deportment to those who are being “took,” his keen sense of the ludicrous keeps the audience screaming while he is on the stage. -The amusing burlesque of the sensa- tional drama introduced gives Miss Alice Atherton a chance for fun in her representa- tion of the sentimental heroine, the sewing- machine girl. The other people include Miss Ida Shapely, a young lady with a sweet, syinpathetic, although not a powerful, voice and a most agreeable presence; Miss Julia Edouin, a bright sou- bret; Miss Lotta Belton, an actress with a singular voice,—a sortof a high Bositonss ‘posses: a good deal of force an power, Mir. Joseph Hogan deserves credit for what he does to add to the xeneral merri- per eae eutertaiiment is briskly carried 2 heré are no tedious pauses. . ~ ‘Phils company will be succeeded by Mrs. Se.0tt-Siddons, who will play a line of legiti- mia é roles. ‘The reader may be reminded that the lady is a greai- pranddanehter of the great etarah Siddons. She has already dem- onstrated whether she inherits any of that eat actress’ genius. Mrs. Scutt-Siddons fies been playing and giving readings in this country and in Great Britain since 1567, For the past two orthree years she has not bec seen on the theztrieal stage. At the begin- ning of the present season the lady took to acting again.. During her Jortheoming en- gagemeut her répertoire will be: Monday evening, * hing Reno’s Daughter” and “The Tioneymoon”; Tuesday, | “Romeo and Juliet”; Wednesday matinée, repetition of Monday's bill; Wednesday evening, “As You Like 11%; Thursday evening, “The School for Scandal” ; Friday, Saturday after- poon and night (new play), “Queen and Cardinal *; Sunday night, “Macbeth.” There will be in the company Mr. Luigi La Blache, Mr. George Thorne, Mr. 1. F. Rand, Mr. Leo Cooper, Alr. Harry Pearson, Mr. Ed- win Cleary, Mr. H. Johnson, Mf. Thomas Kelly, Miss Josephine Bailey, and Miss Lilly Stone. a ‘Since the opening night of “ One Hundred Wives ? at MeVicker’s, large audiences have rendered a favorable verdict upon the play. In the beginning of the week the elements in tne piece likely to make it a popular one were touched upon in these coluurns, lt deals inan. eutirely unsensatponal and yet in an interest- ing way with the yatestion of Mormonism, ex- pusing its horrors aad the iniquities practiced upon its dupes, and the directness with which the amthors have trea‘ed the matter will make it valuable to the thin'ker and instructive to the average playgoer. Objection was, taken to the oveasional’ diatog” lugged in foreizn and cumbersome to thé stery, busa good deal of this dnring the run in here has been cut out. If two or three changes ‘were made in the cast the representation would be more Swiisfactory to the critic. Mis. Georgie Drew Barrymore has not force enougit for, the role of Elsie, and Mr. William PLarris is too hard and unsympathetic an actor for the part of Bradford. The principal comédy characters. Mr. and Mre. McGinley could scarcely have been put into better sands than those of Miss Ada _Gihnan aud Mr. De Wolf Hopper. Miss Gilman’s trim figure, her bright, animated, and expressive face, her quick appreciation of humor, her sense of the fitness of comic expressionand gesture, ber pletsant voice (unhappily during the ast three nights she suffered froin severe Poarseness), ‘all tended to the depiction of ‘Mrs. McGinley in a natural, unexaggerated, aud most amusing way, The bulldozing scenes with her six-foot hen-pecked husband, Uie bristling, dictatorial manner is cleverly assumed, and the disparity in the size of the pair hightens the coinic effect. The type of frontier character portrayed by Mr. Hopper is refreshing in its freedom from that over- strained vulgarity generally associated with such a réle; and yet it is stronzly drawn. Mr. John Ince is very happy in the portrayal uf aCiunaman of a Somewhat original type, while Messrs. Fitzgerald and Rolfe finely catch the sulemn spirit of the Mormon char- acter, and admirably project it. “Edgewood Foiks” was produced early in the season in the East and made a hit. lt Will be the coming attraction at McVicker’s. In the vpiece—a comedy—we are told we are in the beginning introduced to “a pi of Now England villagers, with gossiping old men and women, flirting young folks, and romping children, and although’ the nether side of life is shown for artistic effect as the story passes, the prevailing’ atmos- phere of the comedy is that of homely vir- tues, and they are cheerily, not doletully, set forth.” ‘fhe chief character is designed to place in as favorable a light as possible the diumoruus and mimetic powers of Mr. Sul Smith Kussell. company we notice sr well, Lauergan, Ri gold, Sol Smith, and Walter Lenno: 2 aL + Miss Mellenry, Mrs, Sol Smith, Misses Earle ‘and Taylor. be aoubted whether any similar or- m ever zppeared in cent country. y ‘sing nore really good burlesque material than the Leavitt troupe. Lhe dif- ficulty is that the materia! has not been as well nuilizedas itinight have been bad the manager shuwn asinuch shrewdness in selecting a good stage director as he has in eng f players. It was remarked the other night, and the remark is true, that Leavitt has stuil enough in the troupe at Haverly’s to form two good companies,—one for the pres- entation of burlesque, another tor comic opera. We seldom tind in such 4n organiza- tion such voices as are produced by Mme. Dolaro, Miss Mulboll and Miss Went- worth. ‘hey are not only rarely gifted however. They are all clever sses, Then there is Miss Marie Will- dams, who, iu burlesque, shows a vivacity, a spirit, and an earnestness in everything she does that at once makes her a favorit with her audience, “La Fille du Tambour Major? has been played during the past week, Expense has not been spared in the inatter of costumes. They are all new, dright, tasteful, and pleasing to the eye. The aalletis good-looking, and the girls are not nere figures. They can dance. So faras de men are concerned, none of them have thown to particular advantage in this piece with the exception of Robson, who renders a rharacter part exceedingly well. The bili for the coming week will be “‘ Carman,” a burleseue. The business of the past week das been good, but not as large as the per- formances deserved. Moderately filled houses have attended the Tepresentations of “ A Golden Game ” at the Grand Opera-House, in whieh Mr. Edeson Fave an admirable bit of comedy acting, in a > anager be said spring ixom the same amily as George Washtngton Phipps,—a rough, blunt, honest type of the American abroad. There Ja, Tittle ee pie our judgment, to make aucocss, Visa the curtain falls you come from the theatre with the idea that you have seen nearly every situation, seen every phate acter, heard all the dialog, before—scatters through ascoreof plays. To-morrow even” ing John A. Stevensin his “ Unknown” will begin an engagement at this theatre. Mr. Stevens has in his company William Ii, Bia iley, Charles Abbott, J. C. Ashton, Albert Tavinier, J. Summers, SL Gall: her, James Stenson. Miss Lottie Church, Miss Angie Griffiths, and Miss Lillian Vane. SALVINI’S REHEARSALS. Salvini with his polyglot company began rehearsals at the Union Square Theatre the other day, andthe New York Sun in an article upon this event says: Salvini isso thoroughly an artist that he can- not. forbear acting toa certain extent even at therebearsals. He was seemingly dissatisfied that the gentlemen and ladies of the company did not follow his example, and did not do a lit- tle more than speak thoir lines. He “was told that that is generally the American style of re- hearsing up to the last two or three rehearsals, and be not refrain from strongly criticis- ing the method. However, bis observations con- cerned mainly some important points of by-piay and stage directions. In tho second scene of the third act, for instance, he told Ophdia to turn suddenly toward him us soon as she hears his ‘voice, for, a8 be remarked, although prepared for his coming, a loying maid, such as was Uphe- Ua, could not but be sturtted by her lover's very voice. When Hamlet asks her, * Where's your. father?’ Salvini suggested that she should utter the words, “At bome, my lord,” hesitatingly, for, as he said, * she knew thet she was telling a storys, and Ophelia could not lie with a brazen face." As tar as the lines of the play are concerned, there seemed to be perfect understanding be- tween the Italiun tragedian and bis American support. Strange asitmay seem, although wholly unfamiliar with one another's language, they took their cues most promptly. Signor Salvini bas a peculiar way of emphasizing the last words of his part in the dialog, which renders it quite an easy ‘task for the actors to perceive when they have to reply. As in all he does, he § so perfect in this, that the public may not notice the particular stress he inysupon bis final words. His elocution was almost more marvelous at the’ rehearsal than it is athisperformances. He spoke always in a subdued tone, and yet he man- aged to give his voice, the rare beauty of which gears: one knows, a singular power of tragic pas- sion. ‘Signor Satvint, questioned on the subject, fecls more confident than ever that his odd enguge- ment will be a success. Several of his duubts have vanished, and he is satistied that the per- formanees will be effective on the whole. He thinks that while. Itallaus might not be ploased with tho arrangement of his playing iu their language to an Engitsh-spenking company, be- cause, being not altogether familiar with Shak- speare, they would understand only a sinall part of the play, Americans will find no fault with it because of their intimate’ acquaintance with Hamlet” or * Othello.” The writer asked Salviniiwhat his concep- tion of Hamlct was. He replied: My conception of it is simple and natural, Hamict is the Brutus of the farnily. I believe that many of the theories in which critics have indulged are not warranted by the text. It bas happened to Shakspeare that which happened to Dante's celebrated line, Poseia piu che il dolor pot! Is digiuno. A few critics have endeavored to render its meaning obscure. Take it naturally and its sense becomes clear, even to ihe mindof a child. I could play Hamlet 1,000 times, and every tine I would, it is true, discover new depths in the character. Accordinyly. I could not play it twice in an absolutely identical man- ner. Its shudings, 80 numerous, so complex, ‘and so contrasting. ussume éach ‘day new tints, according to the atmosphere, the light. and the mood of the student. But there js always the double individuality of Hamlet, which is com- posed of simulated folly and despair. He is not insane; he isa man welghed down with grief, artven todespair by the crimes of the persons most dear to him, pushed by a heated imagina- uon to become the avenger of crime. His sim- ulated insanity, like bis skepticism, is that of a philosopher aud 2 poet. Of course I do not Pretend totathom ina few sentences the un- fathomable depth of this tragic character, but 1 think I have told enough for-you to under- stand the conception I have formed of it. I may be mistaken. 1 lay no claim to Infallibility. J leave it for the critics to discusé all the doubt- ful points as they please. I give no equivocal indications of J/amiet’s state of cerebral excite- ment in speech and conduct; I strive to render the abiding gloom, the vacillating infirmity of purpose, the intellectual: overactivity of the hero. and everything I can sce plain in the author's conception—no more. WILLIAM RANDOLPH FLOYD. After an illness of twa weeks, Mr. William I. Floyd, the well-known actor and stage mauager of Wallack’s Theatre, died at his residence, No. 110 Fourth avenue, New York City, on Thursday morning. The trouble was rheumatic fever, combined with conges- tion of the liver. Mr. Fleyd was a native of New York City. He was born on Sept. 7, 12, and made his first appearance on the stage Nov. 2, 1852, at White’s Varieties, Bow- ery, New York,as the Corporal in “The Child of the Regiment,” and first became a member of Wallack’s stock company during the latter part of 1852, making his début in that organization as Herbert Manifest in “Marriage and Lottery.” The New York Times says: Shortly afterwards he became associated with one King. a New Orleans edito® in the management of tho Varicties Theutre in that city, of which he was the stuge- mannger._In'1854,in the intervals of enguge- ments at Wallack’s, he acted as staxe-manager of the Walnut Street Theatre, in Philadelphia. He atso for a time heid a similar position io Levi J. North's Circus aud Amphitheatre, in Chicago. Here he met und married his wife, one of the Henrude sisters, who played Sam Willougby in “ The Ticket-of-Leave Man” on the occasion of its first presentation at the Winter Garden. Miss Henrade made a decided hit in this piece, in which Mr. Florence appeared in the title role. Mr. Floyd returned frou: Cuicagzo to New York, and, after playing at Wallack's for several sen- sons, became associated with Arthur Cheney a3 stage-manager of the Globe Theetre, Boston, subsequentiy coming back to this city and re- suming his old position in Walleck’s company. medy, and as Sir Sir Benjamin Backbite in the * School for Scandal,” and Doll; Spanker iu * Londuo Assurance,” he ‘achieved. creditable successes. He excelled as # stage- manager, being thoroughly versed in all the ins and outs of the theatre, stage setting, scenery, business, propertics, etc., and his euforeed ab- sence through iilness has beeu seriously felt by Mr. Wallaék. In person Sir. Floyd was of medium bight, with sandy mustache, light hair, well-de- fined features, and a robust and compact body. He was of a witty, jovial disposition, to which off the stuge he gave free play, and which in private circies made him a deserved favorit. DRAMATIC NOTES. Mr. Joe Brooks is at the Tremont. “Enchantment” is said to be doing a poor business at Niblo’s. Harry J. Sargent will be here to-morrow. He is managing Mrs. Scott-Siddons. “Daniel Rochat” is approaching the fiiftieth night of its run in New York. A dramatization of Alphonse Daudet’s “Jack” willsoon be seen on a Parisian stage. Following Mr. John Stevens at the Grand Opera will come Clinton Hall’s “ Strate- gists.” Gulick and Blaisdell’s new minstrel com- pany will open on the 6th of December at the Ulympic. Itis said that Bernhardt, notwithstandi: the big money she makes, is always head over ears in debt. Frank Hawley is in town in the interest of John T, Raymond, who will foll Scuit-Siddons at Hooley’s, SHES: On Sunday evening last the 300th sd formance of “ Hazel Weirke” oocurred ae the Madison Square Theatre, New York. Pat Rooney and his variety troupe—a One: it may be saldhs ‘draw generous patronage during the week. Fi - ance to-night, - inal perform Toney Denier’s “ Humpty-Dumpty” trou will be seen at the Olympie to-morrow even ing. The pantomime has been rearranged since 1 was last seen in this city. Cyril Searle and Rose Eytinge appe: meeting with fair success in the South, epe are starring in “Drink.” Searle | plays Coupeau and Miss Eytinge the partof Ger- vaisc. Rice’s “Revels” finished the Ne engagement Jast night. It has iasea are weeks. The papers generally have, in the language of the street, “sat down” on the show. The Phedre of Bernhardt is ‘said bi New Sores anes fo be neither ‘e igor inspirmg, but .it is highly sympatheti womanly,” The Tribune thinks the role ra suited to her. The discussion over the introduction of “Jhe Passion Play” at New York is still carried on in a lively way ‘The opposition is strong, and the probability is that a special ordinance will be passed to prohibit the pro- duction. 1s diung Li Ince, the Chinese actor in “100 Wiyes,” has xecelyed a telegram irom New- R. L, annotincing that his American wie had given birth to a ten-pound boy, the first Chinese child born in Rhode Island. We wish “Challa” joy.—WWVashington Repub- lican. “ Simon’Kenton} or, The Spirit of the Kan- awha,” will be the drama at Fox’s Theatre during the week. Mr. Carles Thornton will be the star. The Ripleys, Mr, Fred J. Huber, Miss Kitty Allyne, ‘Alfred C. Baker, Miss Laura Russell, D. B. Emery, and Bobby Newcomb will be in the otio. A short time since John Russell, business manager of ‘The Child of the State” com- bination, wrote to the hall manager of Macon, Ga., for a date, who answered that it was too early in the season to play a “juve- nile dramatic company,” and that the people of that city did not go much on “kids” dhy- ow. There will be a radical change in the pro- ram at Hershey-Hall during the week. Ge Bogardus, with his.four sons, will ap- ar and do some shooting. A varty.of jubilee singers will also present themseives, while Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer will exhibit some entirely novel and startling tricks of Jegerdemain. The Sptrit saya: “The triumph of John McCullough, as Virginius, at the Fifth Avenue,’ is overwhelming. ‘The press: is unanimous in his ‘praises; the house Is crowded nightly, and the revivalof ‘Othello’ has had tobe postponed until next week. *Virginius’ would run through his whole engagement.” It is said that Mr, Will F. Sage is about to sell out his dramatic agency. Cause, ill- health. He will go East fora time, in the hope that a change of climate will do him good. Mr. Sage’s discontinuance here will be regretiod, because he has conducted his Agency, inan upright and straight way. On ‘Thursday evening next a benefit will be given the gentleman at Fox’s Theatre. In Tennyson’s new play soon to be pro- duced in London, Mrs. Eten Terry and Henry Irving will take part. The poet’s work is to be a tragedy in two acts, based on incidents in the early Christian persecutions, as narrated by Gibbon. If it is possible to make anything out of the play Irving and his company will dé it; but Mr. Tennyson has not the gift of dramatic writing, as he has shown in “ Queen Mary” and other works, The New York Mercury thinks there are “two classes of four actresses each who are antithetical mysteries. ‘They are Fanny Davenport, Maud Granger, Kate Claxton, and Rose Eytinge on one hand, and Char- Jotte Thompson, ‘Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Mrs. Chanfran, and Janauschek on the other. ‘The mystery is how the former quartet have made so much money with so little talent, and the latter four so little money with so much talent. The suit instituted to administer the prop- erty of the late Miss Adelaide Neilson iu the English Court of Chuncery was to have been heard last week. Legal questions as to the right of Miss Neilsou to will away her prop- orty have arisen; and, with.s view to a final determination of the whole matter, it has been thought best to take the opinion of the Court. A very handsome monument will shortly be erected in memory of Miss Neil- son in Brompton Cemetery at a cost of £500. It has come to the ears of Mr. J. Gosche, the manager of the “100 Wives” combina- tion, that a company is being organized to produce a stolen copy of that play. People who embark in this piratical business are almost always irresponsible, and it is difficult to reach them under the law. Consequently Mr. Gosche has determined to adopt the plan of prosecuting all owners and managers of theatres and hails where the stolen play shall be produced. This systein of. prosecu- tion will probably be etfective. ‘Lhe reconstructed Academy of Music will be opened again to the public about Christ- mas zing and, when completed, playgoers will find that the promise of the management will have been amply fulfilled. The house will be complete in all its appointments and very handsome in its decoration. ‘Che roof now on is strouger and more substantial than formerly, and main ceiling has been ele- vated five feet. The proscenium has been entirely remodeled. The old boxes have been replaced by more spacious affairs, and the line of sight is even betterthan formerly. Decorative artists are busily engaged in the house. Matt Morgan is painting a new drop- curtain, which, if is promised, will be even a finer work than that by the same artist in the oid house representing the birth of the ‘ame, The suit of Fred G. Mucder against Joe Murphy, was tried in San Francisco on the 18th inst. and’ submitted for decision. Chronicle says that the action was for a partnership accounting, the plaintiff being a drainatist of the sensational and biood-and- thuneer style. He allenes that on the 2d of August, 1870, he entered into a written agree- ment with Murphy to write him a drama, in- troducing all of Murphy’s versatility, he be- ing then in the hight of his reputation as a negro minstrel performer, and desired to become a bright “star.” Maeder was to ac- company Murphy upon his * starring tours” a8 manager, and was in person to super- intend the proper productions of the plays. in return for all this Murphy was to allow Maeder one-third of the net receipts of the plays. Maeder then claims that the play was a great success, and he was regularly paid his proportion of the earnings until June 15, 197, since when ho has not received any- ‘thing. Since that time also the plaintiff claims that Murbhy earned some $75,000 out of the play of “Help,” the one in question. Murphy claimed that he had paid Maeder $600 for the play of “ dielp,”? and $1,200 for another play entitled “Maum Cree,” while auother, which the plaintiff called “Murphy, the. Blacksmith,” had proven a ghastly failure. The plaintiff also claimed that the contract was one which he could terminate at will, and he did so when heconsidered that Maeder had been paid suf- ficiently. Moreover, Maeder had not lived up to his contract in the inanagemenit of the Starring: tours and the superintending of the plays. ee REGRETS. For The Chicago Tribune. Could I but now recall the empty days When thou wert poor and friendless in my sig I'd ask each wasted hour to chant thy praise, And flood thy spirit with Love's sweetest light. Life is at best too short for Friendship's spoll— ‘Those pictured landscapes pass too quickly by; ‘That once I did not love thee muck and well, Torments me now with many a painful sigh. Could I recall those moments, once so dead, Back to that heart that deeply loves thee now, I'd piace a loving hand upon thy bead, -And press repentant kisses on thy brow. Alone, alone, [ wandered here and there; I saw no loved one in the crowded street; My life was but u silence or n cure— No morn was beautiful, no evening sweet. As by some magic, thy dear form arose, A perfect world of beauty and of rest; And now, when storm of toil or sorrow blows, I fly for safety to thy childlike breast. If thus too late, too late, you came to me," And bappy days wore, wasted by wy heart, Then must our future love the longer be, And hearts that met so late must never part. Se ed A Dam Nearly Two Miles Long. Sun Francisco Chronicle. ‘The Yubr River, where it tlows past the City of Marysville, was once a deep aud eleurstream, coursing itg way between high banks. Debris fron the mining districts has been carried down and deposited in such large quantities that the river has obliterated its own banks, and stretches ashallow, muddy stream of water two miles wide. .Towns, villages, and farming districts have been laid desolate by its ravages, orchards swept away, and rich pasture jands covered with und and mudto the Se of twenty fect. To stop the destruction of property by _conflning the waters to a narrower channel, and causing them to deposit their slickens at some point higher up tho stream, became a mutter of study. Finally it was determined by the Drainaye Com- mission to build a dam across fhe river ata point between eight and ten miles ubove Marysville, and to construct levees below that point, there- ‘by checking in places the force of the current, and compelling the dropping of the washings in the reservoir thus created. “This tusk has been successfully necomplished. ‘The dam was completed on Wednesday. It is 11,000 feet in length and is joined to the bank on the north and a levee on the south by curved wings 600 feet in length. It consists of brush, wire, and jogs, and presents on its down-stream face a perpendicular from tive to tweive feet high, composed of the jagged butt-ends of countiess saplings, stall trecs, and logs, with alternati layers of logs Uke stringers and rafters beneat! afioor. On the upper side it presents: a face of gentle slope from the top to the river bed, com- posed vf alternate layers of young willow trees cut in full follage, laid top down and over thickly, aud interspersed by horizontal layers of brary logs. @a top of these tres is a layer of fong logs parallel with the brush und placed olosely toether along the entire crown of the dam. On the top of all is sand from two to three feet in depth, and graded toa gentic slope to meet the river-bed. At the base this dum is from aixty-tive to seventy feet wide. On the down-river side there extend soutward for fifty- tive feet a bed of willow mattresses,. also covered two fect with sand. These 'mat- tresses” extend some six or cight fect beneath the dam itself, and constitute an apron to prevent the overfall of water from the Up of the dam washing qut the earth at the foundation of the structure, The water wilt flow over in @ thin sheet nearly two miles in width. Tt will thus be seen that this first step of the Dralaage Commission to check the tlow of débris into the rivers and its deposition in the valley embraces a systern of stopping the mat- ter in the Yuba River on a bed two miles in width, by spurs degeribed and by a restraining dum same nine miles aboye the mouth of the. river, Which shall become by the action of the river a permanent barrier, to_be added to only as it is topped by the advancing slums; and also by asystem of levees to confine the rivers to their natural channels. Tho dam has cost about 100,000. ‘he plans were prepared by Statc- nginoer Hall, and bad the approval and amend- ments of Capt. Eads, and have been carried out under the supervision of Resident-Engineer C. . Rhodes, Mr. Dolsen, of Mr. Rhodes’ corps being the engineer in charge at the works. Tho cominission under which the whole work has been done consista of W. H. Parks, of Yuba; Niles Searles, of Nevada; and W. F. Knox, of Sacramento. LICENSED TO WED. Marriage Permits Issued Last Week. The clerk in charge of the coupling de- partment of the County Clerk’s office did a good business during the week, having is- sued 187 marriage licenses. The oldest bride was 52 years, and. the ancient groom in this ease had reached the mature age of 59. Very many of the brides were only i8, Following is the roster: Name, Julius Hein...... Maggio M. Smith. Jobu C. Boyes. Milwaukee, Wis, Dea Moines, Ia, 43 Cornelia, Augusta Vogel... Edward D. Kellogg. Mattie Willits. Fred Busche: Louis Gorman.. Mrs. K. Kemp! Hedwin Host... Petra Bjarves Artbur W. Allyo. Jennie L. Regun. ‘Alphonse Campioi Maggio M. Byraes...18. loseph B. Howell... .35. Annie Emmons. Joseph Mend Natalle Sternberg. Christian Olsen, .. Louise C. Egholm...21.. dames Keefe....9. Susan McHatter....2. Paul,J, Lapbam.....26....Chicago. Mary E. Stoneham..22....Chicago. Julius F, Welmold...30....417 Sedgwick. Maria Wilhelm. -Chicago. { anton Hora. y io alent to kanye rs Mra. Joseph Bris. Cari Arndt Bertha Lie § Philip H. Schatz..../37. { Charlotte Gautz.,...21.. John Juckson. Jalia Arvedson. Joseph D. Cassei Ellen O'Connor. Chus. D. Burrou; Anna M, Dunne. John P. 8van J. Lind... Hed Oo. Anderso erman Garoline Mau. W. 8. Dauben: Gussie Judd, Mathew Bretz, Minnie Albricht..:..20. William C. Mitchell.24. F. Oberton. Poter Smaus..... Eliza A. Donnelly....20. James McDermott. 30 Charies Anderson.. . Christine Swanso1 J James Madden. (Nanuy O'Hern.. Bornard Nolan, Sarah Matherway.. ‘William P. Palmer. Katie W. Valmuth. 251 Clybourn ny. 2.339 Division. _"s | B.A. Corcoran. Chicago. ‘anny E. Melo: Chicago. ‘esley Sisson: Chicago. Mary E. Bi Chicago. John M. Sweeney. Chicago. Mary A. O'Connell. Chicago” Mrs. Sarah Fal Seetecine Mary Harringto John Johuson. Mary Ryan........ Heury_W. Burch Anua ‘L. Frenc' Daniel McNally. Kato Schold. j Michael Dolai { Mary A. Sheeh: | Henry O'Hara.. Maury Griffin. i Andrew J. t 5 i 1 3 { <Annic Johnson... Henry W. Fyfe... Katie Flood...... Charles Grate. Carrie Fielwakel.. John W, Brennan. ..26. Amelin Klein. Henry Kelley izabeth Glass. Itaymond Bit ladge Hi. Bliss.. Willfain G. Preston..23. Bertha M. Robinson 2 {Charles E. Withrell 38. } Savanna S. Hostier, § Allan Van Alien j Mary Smith... Esxell Friberg. Sophie Laurson. J Barry C. Tiiman....5. { Amanda McU.Shields2:. § Murins Dahl. ( Caroline E. Berg... Peter W. Kamp Jennie Dornbois. { Forainang Winter. 4 ’ Jobanna Whestphal.138 3. H. Valletti.. Cnicago. io. Gteuo. . «2 Chi Chic Mary Sheeban. Walter N. Dutton.. Elizabeth B. Clark...23 Peter Milbort By 5 Johan’a Fitzmaurice? i ‘fhomag Beggs... ..30....Chicago. Grand Crossing, Dl. ‘Cincinnati, 0. Chicago, 3....Chicaso. ii 9... Chicago. : Chris J. McKeown. ./28....357 Hubbard. Lizale A, Whooler.. 1,...493 West Indiana, }.J Richard B. Reaves, -82....42 Eagle. 20... 142 Engle. 22...,848 West Monroe. 4 Nath. Armstrong. Mury A. Anderson Fred D. Miller. Auna Bf. Swart, JL. Taylor Peck t Bertha C, Thonn § Charles Hart. thine A Hoey (Cora Blair... J Elwin J. Minter, Frances B. Hargrave. Jdesse'T. Buck...,...48- Mrs. Josie A, Sutton.3o. Jobo Miller. ‘ar. Minnie Bigness. George H. Andrews.28.. Fannie L. Wing Maximilian Raitt! Anna Hobel.... Magnus Johoson. Jennie C.. Meyers. Edward Party... Muggie O'Donnel. Chicago. é Miles Centre, Ill. 23. files Centre, Ill. 28, Ohio. 19, North Centre av. 34....Chicaro. Chicago. Agnes Kelluhan Charles T. Olson. G. 34. Sorenson. Thomas Dunne.... Mary Mulchey.... Thomas F. Ryan. Lillie Castleman... 84 West Brie. Chicago. .me...-Chicaga. 31....83 North av. $3 North av. FRIDAY. ‘Turner Park, Il. Turner Park, Il, | { | | | | § Anson Pearce... Emma Jones. } Maria G. Hanson James Partile .. } Bridget Cavanaugh. .30. j Moritz Zuckermaun.26 {Fannie Fredman,.. 24. Peter P. Holzknec! Jacob Mark.. ‘Tina Anderson George F. Manior../24 { Lena Wellner. ‘ ; William Oximan....-3 Mrs. Anna Sisley....3¢ J Ole Olgen.... ...- Emily G. Linderot.. Andcew Westman, ‘Andrena Petersot Alice A, Adams ....28 Geo. D. Thompson... Luella Faonon. | Charles J. Flanders.40. A. Merinbaum.. 3. {Rebecoa Rubinsky..31. SATURDAY. § Arthur C. Gowers. ..23....Chippewa Falls, Wis. Mary Schmolz.......20....Detroit, Mich, v William Letwonich. 26, | Sophie Schliekert. $ Johan Tesnow....-. 127 { Barbara Nelswannerss. | Suacies Heraberg,Jr-21 Elizabeth Feger.....21 | Emanuel Horak, Henry Frey.. Mary Wendiinj Patrick MeCorm! Sarah Bi ers 2 B & te! 5 eg & } fnttie Savage. $ Theo P. Vetter 1 Katie Johnn .. Thomas Fizpatric’ Francis C. Murphy. Chris A. Michneli | Hermina Sorenson. .%4. Harvey M. Campbeil.23. Katie McGarry Louis P. Nielson. anna Handstel. . A. Cravene... Olivia A. J. Moore John Swissheime “Chicago. “agiewood, 24 Clybourn av. -‘Twenty-ninth. August Nuedling... Regina Bott... August Haeger. Minnie Deppe... 33 448 N. Ashland ay. ‘South Chicago. Mary Carroll. ‘Thomas O' Brie Katie B. Bunting. 5 j Peter Anderson. Chicago. {Lizetta Drews Chicago. a TO THE FRIENDS OF THE ILLINOIS HU- MANE SOCIETY. : Cuicaao, Nov. 27.—Some weeks ago Mr. John G. Shortall, President of the Illinois Iumane Society, announced in a card to the public that the undersigned had become per- manently connected with the work of the Society, and would oall upon its friends for their contributions fur the support of the work in this city. Butup to this time the number of cases reported of cruelty to ani- mals or children an. ~equiring the immedi- ate attention of the agents of the Society has been siich as to leave but little time for rais- ing money without neglecting this other and more important work. ‘This has especially been true since the ad- ventof cald weatherin regard to cases of children suffering from the criminal neglect of vicious and grossly intemperate parents. We have had some desperate cases of this class to attend to in the last few weeks, and us the work of the Society becomes betterand more widely Known in the community the uuinberof such cases brought to’ its atten- tion will be more likely to increase than di- iminish, ‘Chere are in the city many friends ot Society who have been reg- ular contributors to its funds when called upon for . that purpose. There are others, and probably a much larg- er number, equally interested in the work be- ing done, but who have never contributed simply because they have never been called upon, Ifall such persons, instead of wait- ing to be called upon, would send their con- tributions direct to the Society much valu- able time could be saved, and the entire time of the agents devoted to the ptactical work of the Society. The treasury is now nearly empty, and if not replenished by voluntary contributions must be by personal solicita- ion. Contributions may be sent to John G. Shortaul, President, 91 Washington street; to Edwin Lee- Brown, ‘Treasurer, corner Clin- ton and Jackson streets; or to the under- signed at the oflice of the Society, 126 Wash- ington street. O. C. Gris, a The Plot of a Little Girl’s Story. ‘The following story from the New York Trib- une reminds us of the little girl who wrote a story about twins, and she said that one was 7 yeursold aud the other 9: * Not long ago a little get of a literary turn of mind, residing in a farge Western city, sent a short story to 2 prom- inent child’s publication. Untike most first ef- ung novelists, its chief fault was bold originality. ‘the plot of the story was as fol- lows: A certain little boy was exceedingly fond of a certain little girl, and a8 soon as they could get their troublesome school-books out of the way and see the great world fairly before them, they were made man and wife in the most ortho- dox fusnion. But it happened that the purents of the young husbund moved away from thecity and settled farther iia and they took him along with them. The little wife was too youn; to Iéave ‘her mother, and remainad behind. However, after three years bad elapsed, the faithful husband shook of the tyranny of the rental home and returned to his expectant ride. ‘The first meeting was very atlecting. ‘See,’ said he, ‘iu token of my love I bring you five fine boys.” And she, with equal pride, ex- claimed.‘ I, too, haye not been idlevI have seven small children!’ This work of fiction is signifi- cant, as tt revcala a tendency on the part of the rising school of imaginative authors to break away from the trammels of realism and science and to seek after‘a truly edifying optimism, rt ‘The Solid South, toa woman, aro for Hop Bit- ters, using them as their only family medicine, |. used in this connection. POOR IRELAN How the Landlords Grind and Fleece the Miserable Tenants. The One Wish and Cry Is for Relief from the Intolerable Oppression. Correspondence London News. Lerrenrrac, Nov. 6.—The more that is seen of the people of Connaught the more distinct becomes the conviction that the pres- ent difficulty is rather social and economic than political, Itis far more a question, ap- parently, of stomach than. of brain. The complaints which are poured out on every side refer not in the least to politics. Very few in Mayo, and hardly anybody at all in Connemara, seem to take any account of Iome-Rule, or of any other rule except that of their landlords. The possibility of a Parlia- ment on College Green affects the people of the west far less than the temotest chance of securing some‘share of the land. If ever popular disaffection WERE PURELY AGRARIAN, itis new, so far as this part of Ireland is concerned. Orators and politicians from O’Connell until now have spoken of repeal and reform; but it is more than probable that the Connaught peasant always under- stood that he was to be emancipated from some of his burdens. All his ideas are dom- inzivd by the single one of land. He knows and cares for very little else. He is super- stitious to an astounding degree, and his ignorance passes al! understanding—that is, on every subject but the single one of Innd. And the land he knows of is that in his own countyor home section of a county. But his knowledge of this is singularly and curious- ly exact,* Either by his own experience or by tradition he is perfectly acquainted with the topography of his own locality and with the history of its present and former proprietors and occupants. With per- fect precision he will point out a certain tract of country and tell how, in the old, old_time, it was ‘“reien over” by the O’Flahertys, and then was owned by the Blakes, who disposed of part of their country to the present possessors. He knows perfectly well how the great Mar-~ tin country caine first into the hands of the Law Life:Insurance Society, and then into those of Mr. Berridge, and how the latter gentleman came down from Ballynahinch, of the traditional avenue, extending for forty miles to Galway. More than this, he knows how an island was bought by the present owner with so much on it due to the above- named society. Morover, he knows the site and size of the: villages depopulated by famine, emigration, % OR THE “ EXTERMINATOR,” and in many cases the very nammes of the former tenants, He isa man of one idea,— that the country was once prosperous and is now wretched, not in consequence. of natural causes, but of oppression and mis- management. When he shouted in favor of Repeal he meant Land. When he applauded Disestablishment and Denominational! schools he meant Land, Land, nothing but Land. At last his dominant. feeling is candidly ex- pressed when he cries out against landlords “* Down wid ’em.” ¢ : In one of those neat remarks, distracting attention from the real point at issue, for which Lord Beaconstiekt is justly famous, he expressed an opinion that “the Irish peo- ple are discontented becanse they have no amusements.” Like all such sayings, it is true as far as it goes. * Despite dramatists, novelists, and humor- ists, Ireland is singularly barren of diver- sion. Ina former letter 1 pointed out that the only relaxation from dreary toil enjoyed in Mayo is found at the cattle fairs and littie country races to which they give rise. There areno aniusements at all in Connemara. One ballad-singer and one broken-legzed piper are the only ministers to public hilarity that I have yet seen NOTHING MORE DREARY can be imagined than the existence of the inhabitants. When by rare good luck a peasant secures road work or other employ- ment from a proprietor at once sufliciently solvent and public-spirited to, undertake any enterprise for the improvement of the country, he will walk for a couple or three hours to his work, and then go on with it till dinner-time. But it is painfully sig- nificant that the word “dinner” is never The foreman does not say that the dinner-hour has arrived, but + Now, boys, itis time to eat your bit 0” bread.” The expression is painfully exac for the repast consists of a bit of bread, an perhaps a bottle ot milk. Indian corn-meal is the material of the bit of bread, a heavy square block, unskillfully made, and so un- attractive in appearance that no human be- ing who could get anything else would touch it. Then the man works on till it is time to trudge over the mountain to the miserable cabin he imagines to be a home, and meet his poor wife, weary with carrying turf from a distant bog, and his half-clad_and more than half-starved children. Luckily, the year has been a good one for drying peat, and one necessity for supporting human life is sup- plied. What the condition. of the people must be when fuel is scarce is too terrible to think of. Lesteem myself fortunate in being enabled to describe what the life of, the Connemara peasant is under favorable circumstances. HIS ABJECT MISERY in years of famine and persistent rain, when crops fail and peat cannot be dried, may be left to the imagination. Potatoes raised from the “champion ” seed introduced during the distress last year are, if not plentiful, yet sufficient, perhaps, for the present, in the lo- calities to which a good supply of seed was sent; but] should not like to speculate on the probable condition of affairs in March next. Ihave also spoken of such a peasant as has been fortunate enough to obtain work at 9s. a weck, esteemed a fair’ rate here- abouts. But in truth there is very little work to be had; for the curse of absenteelsin sits neavily on the west, Four great landed pro- prietors, who together have diawn for sev- eral years past about £70,000 from their es- tates in Mayo, Galway, and Ctare, have not, [ am assured, ever suent £10,000 a year in this country. As with the land itself, crop after crop has been gathered, and no fertilizer has been putin. ‘The peasant is now aware of as many of such facts as apply to his own lo- eality, and his knowledge, coupled with hard work and hunger. has aroused a discontent not to be easily appeased. ‘Te him his fore- fathers appear to have led happy lives. It would be beyond my purpose to discuss whether the good old times ever existed,’ either here or anywhere else. My object just now issimply to reflect the peasant’s mind, after having endeavored, so far as is possible in this place, to verify the facts adduced by him, and I may add generally admitted by others, ‘The peasant looks lovingly on the tradi- to wring the last shilline the wretched tenants, to fest depeng, ont af of their ancient privileges, and then chi = poem extra dues for exercising them, arte let every available inch of mountain ast 2 to acattle farmer, whose herders take very Food care that the cotter’s cow does not He le ran of the mountain” at their masters expense. ear OB very good authori: part of one of the ok fat the pur chaser of agement of the land. Neve that in the old orion the Javed their little holdings at avery low loreover these holdins3 were not all “ my ured on ’um,” as one of my informants phrased it, but were ,often coniposed of twe or more patches, bits of Productive ig taken here and there on the Tough wountaii Doubtless this arrangement had Its ine ee vyenieners, but the people were accusto, a to it, and also set great store by the Tun of the mountain, which they had, it seems, en joyed without Iet or hindrance frou time i memorial, The first act of the new manase. ment was to “sthripe the land on um, tee is, to mark it out into S+holdings, each in one "sthripe” or block. ‘This arrangements dinary min unreasonable, was tt hardly appears » CONSIDERED OPPRESSIVE BY THE TENANTS who submitted, however, as was thane, manner of their kind. They had still the mountain, and could graze their cow or two or their half-dozen sheep upon it, and the naturally regarded this privilege as the most valuable part of their holding, inasmuch as it paid their rerit, clothed thei, and supplied: them with milk to eat with their Potatoes, In these days of alimentary science itis need~ less to remind readers of the Duily News that, humble as it appears, a dinner 0} abun- dant potatoes and milk is a perfect meal, containing. all the constituents of human food—fat, starch, acids, ete. Thus many of the tenants were, as they call it, “snug. Satisfied with little, they rubbed on content edly enough, only the more adventurous. spirits going to England for the harvesting, Then came_ Serious changes. The rent of the holdings was raised £7, an the mountala iva away. The poor people protested that had nothing to feed their few aniwals wey, on the paltry holdings uf which a couple of acres might be ayailable for tillage, a couple more for grass, and the remaining two or three good for hardly anything. An answer was given to them. If they must have the mountain they must pay for it; practicall another rise in the rent. ‘To this they asreed perforce, and even to the extraondinary con- dition that during 2 month or six weeks of the breeding season for grouse they should ative their tiny flocks or herds off the mount- ain, and on to thejr holdings in order that the game might not be disturbed ata critical eriod. I hear that for the last year rents ave fallen into arrear, and that sts, of those who _have not paid up have just beer driven oF ane mountain, ave cited this case as one of the pr in my hands that 4 poets THE COUNTRY IS NOT OVERPOPULATED, ashas been so frequently stated. I drove over part of the estate mentioned, and ques- Uoned some ot the people as to the accuracy of the story already told ta me, and the agree. ment was so general that lam obliged to give credence to it, ‘To talk of overpopulation in - @ country with perhaps half a dozen houses { persquare mile is absurd. What is called ; overpopulation would be more accurately t described as local congestion of population. The people, who in their little way were ‘ graziers and raisers of stuck, have been de-* prived of their cattle run, and, having no ground to raise turnips upon, cannot resort to artificial feeding. What was originally intended to serve as a little homestead to raise food on for themselves is all they have left, and it is now said that they are crowded \ together. It would be more correct to say . that they have been driven together like rats. in the corner ofa pit. As one steps outof one of their cabins the eye ranses overs vast extent of hill, valley, and lake—as fair @ prospect as could be gazed upon. Yet the few wretched inhabitants are cooped within their petty hoidings, and allowed to dono mare than look upon the immense space be- fore them, P TELINOIS NATIONAL GUARD. Report of Adjutant-General Hilliard= A Fine Exhibit. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, - SPRINGFIELD, LL, Nov. 27.—The biennial report of Henry Hilliard, Adjutant-General of the Ilinois National Guard, has been sub- - mitted to Gov. Cullom, and, having received. his approval, will soon be in the hands of the printer. It is a comprehensive docament, containing much of general interest to the public. Gen. Hillaird expresses the belief that the existing Military Code has justified, the anticipations of its friends, and recom- mends'but few changes. He urges an addi- tional appropriation to cover the expenses of the brigade encampments, and favors tha passage by Congress of a National Militialaw. le also explains the necessities of the present force, especially in the lack of modern arms and equipments. There has been expended under the law for the last_ewo_ years fur all military purposes 313,237.62. The expenseof the General’s office for that period have been $2,384.16, provided for from a separate fund. A considerable balance remains in the Treas ury to meet emergencies, which is samige ta the order of the Governor. The nan Enfield rifles and equipments of old ‘yar terns in the hands of the troops is 292, and there are also 3,200 ritles of modern pattern now in use Ammunition is in store 1n sufficient quantity to meet any emergency, ‘The General ree. ommends some additional favors to the four batteries now in the service, and the bi of a hew arsenal as a very necessary” measure. He also asks for additional force in his Department.- He has issued 2,400 cer tificutes of service to veterans who lave un- fortunately lost their original papers since his last report. Gen. Hilliard cails attention to the necessity of better caring for the flags and trophies now in his custody, and com- mends the thorough manner in which the inspection of the troops has been made dure ing the past year. E SHADOWS. For The Chicago Tribune, Alone I sit within my quiet room— Alone, as I shall be through ali the years That come and go! ‘Nine brings its weary gloom, And shadows that have gatherod with my tears— Some prighter: shadows, taking quiet forms, And blending life and color #s they yrow, Displaying faces where the color warms To dimples, dazzhng tecth, and red Ips’ glow. Then voices come from darkling, dusky nock— Love-laden, lnughing voices, sweet and gay, And eyes from which Love's own bright Took, As bright as Summer-sun on Summer-day. A changing, dusky curtuin veils my sight The tirelight flitg upon the sombre wall; Again L sit in gloom of Winter-uight, And o'er my heart the silent shadows fall. Avis Gast, HURRICANE Hatt, Nov. 11, 1880. <<a HUMOR. tion of the old time WHEN THE NATIVE PROPRIETORS DWELT AMONG THEI PEOPLE, without reflecting that it was the almost in- sane recklesness and extravagance of the he- reditary lords of the soil which led to the breaking up of their estates among pur- chasers who had no kind o£ sympathy with the inhabitants. But good or bad, as they may have been, the naimes of the Martins, theO’Flahertys, the Joyces, and the Lynches, are still held in honor, although their de- scendants may have disappeared altogether. or remained on a tenth or twentieth part of the vast possessions once held by their fami- ly. Some of the present, representatives, however, are unpopular from no fault or their own. ‘To cite atypical case: There is a large estate between this place and Clifden, the present holders of which should hardly be held responsible for the faults of their ancestors. A very large part of it has been sold outright and is in good hands. The remainder is strictly settled on a minor, and is mortgaged, in the language of the’ country, ‘up tu the mastinead.” Naturally the guardians of the minor are unwilling that the estate should be soll up, all possibility of impryvement and recovery sacrificed, and themselves erased rom the list of the county gentry. Land- lords have as_much objection to eviction and compulsory emigration as tenants. and are as much inclined to cling to their land, hopi for better things. Thus arises astate of affairs against which the peasant at last shows sizns of revolt. Physically and men- tally neglected for centuries by his masters, he pes found within the last fifty years nege ec! EXCHANGED FOR EXTORTION AND OPPRES- SION. ‘o prevent the sale of the property, the own- ers or trustees must pay the interest on the Boston Commercial Bulletin. Bound, to succeed—A new book. Clothes connections—A pair of braces. A calico wrapper—The dry-goods clerk. _ ‘The common law—Keep orf the grass.” , Electric belles—Female telegraph opera. ors. : First Base—No, the Lo tos Club is not & base-ball organization. A woman wears her watch at Ber girdle because she is used to waist time. “Tis but a little faded flour,” said the edl- tor when he absently dipped his pen in tha paste-pot. A fravellng printer, who for want of em ployment at his trade went to work on 8. farm, came in one day to ask his employer If a hen should be setsolid. Mysterious conversation of three news boys: First—“Suppose we calls it Saral Barnard. All them opperers has false names ‘ou know.” Second—**Taint Barnard. It’s 3urn hearts. Lheard a Herald man say 60. Third—“Shet up. The Heruld man can talk Eyetalian. ‘They calls her Sorry Bone- yard im New York.” It may be a little early for a Fourth of July story, but the following regarding a Harva! student is too good to keep. He had re turned to his native village to “spend Fourth,” and among other little lionizing was invited to participate in the celebration. ot 4 the auspicious day he encountered an 1 farmer acquaintance who had driven in the village and who greeted him with, Why John, how do you dew; I’ve heern’ ts you're to college down in Boston.” Jo! ‘ modestly admitted the fact, and his frien! continued: ‘They say yowre goin’ to tead us sathin’ to-day, John.” The collegian ex incumbrances. Moreover, they, being onl human, think themselves entitled toa mode est subsistence out of the proceeds of the property. To pay the interest and secure this “margin” for themselyes there is only plained that he was to .read the Declal . standi ack a le and Ioo! at hin’ exclaimed: “Sho! ye don’t say 50 naow? Suthin’? yowrls yersclf 7” bs