Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 16, 1881, Page 7

Getebration of Its “First Anniver. ** gary. Last Evening. iia Pres: pit, Law, and Pol-. a Press; Pulpit, ry a ities Well Represented. 7 es by. Postmester Palmer, Mayor ait ‘Harrison, Emery A. Storrs, Dr. ‘Thomas, a Bonney, Gor. Murray, of Utah, © Henry Watterson, and (thers. seas bel , re! Sera the Palmer House. Tho keen com- Sion and rivalry thst prevail among our mi newsgatherers would scem fo those ac- i inted with tho newspaper business to pre- aitge anything like fraternal intercourse among Ss ‘and to render 6uch an assemblago a5 that iat evening 8 hopeless. project. Shortly after. bs Grant reception, a little over a year ago, bes members of the press ce got to-. and their meeting led not only gether fe spllshipent of 2 club in elegant rooms, tom@other enterprises in the way: of public pipeementin Which the Club since {ts forma= oa pave taken the lead. The banquet of lust creping was the culmination of a series of social Greetings bold under the auspices of tho Press Club, and its success may bo re- garded as 8 Substantial carnest of..continued ty and longevity for tho Club hencefor- wand, The banquet of last evening was a com- jetewaecess, not only for the unanimous hearti- jth which the brethren of the pencil, for- gening thelr little “scoops” and , professional Firalries, came forward to help it on, but also for the eminence of the invited guests who the occasion with their presence. The Foom in which itwashetd was tastefully deco- rated for the occasion, The spaces between the central columns were arched with gayly-colored wreaths, and the walls were similarly decorated with the same material. In the centre of the large mirror, the vordors of which were gar- landed, was an immense monogram of C. P. C— avery pretty piece of work in white, yellow, red, and black garlands. ‘The ‘tables were formed by elegant bouquets in stands, which were gracefully conuected together by a con- finuows band of smilax, woven into pretty shapes, reaching from one end of tho tables to the other. Nof were the floral decorations the principal adornment of the scene. Every jour- dalist who owned a wife. brought ber with him, aud those"! f up to enhance their own foie et eon The tablos were ar- ringed id the: form uf a comb, the head tablo ‘paing reserved for the invited guests. Presi~ dent Wilkie eccupted the centre of this table, ness Wi ‘witn Beary Waterson, of the Louisville Cuuricr- | jurnal, on his right, Joseph Medill on bis lett, sere tt hea were the Rev. H.W. Thomas, D. D2 Emers A. Storrs, the Hon. Carter H. Har- rison, U.C. Bonney, J. B.C. Forrest, James H. Me er,. James W. Sheahan, George W, Peck, Esq, of Beck's Sun, “Milwankee, the Hon. Frank ra . iad Slebeneck, Esq., of Pitts- % ng the other: fab So necompanted y Indies being marked IL, Mr. James H. Huynie, uray, of Ul Paris, France, Gaulois, ae at on *Alfred Cowics, *B. M. Hooley, _ *Jobu B. Jeffery, ‘Mrs. James Wheaton, » Cincinnati Mis Grace Hoole , race D UN Want !, Mra James W. Scott, *WillJ: Davis, , ~ . *George W. Uhittenden, Mr. WH. Busbes, "FP. W. Palmer, ‘The foliowing members of the Glab apd their Indies were present: Franc Be Wilkie, Mr. M. E. Stone, Miss McParland, SW. K. Sullivan, *L Z.Cowles, *William Coleorook, HG. Carleton, Miss Carrie Richmond, John E. Wilkie, © Edmund Freiberger, LW. Busbec, *Victor F. Lawson, ‘William Penn Nixon, *T. C.MeMillan, | “W.H. Strong, - +, W. Thompson, ‘Mr, Frank Gil : Me Erank Gilvert,_ *W.T. Collins, «|, Se, Walker, 30: *W. 0. Hoffman, ‘Miss Merion Mulligan, T. Hall, *M_B. Dickson, + “James E. Fitz-Geraid, *W. B. Sullivan. *S.F. Davidsony ; “Bdgar L: Wakeman, Alanson Appleton, ‘Wignall, - E De John AL Dandy, Soha. sgeareg B Plump, *Jydre radwell, . Brown, : HB. Humphrey, Misa FAL Pettibone, t. 0.. Thompson, Will D. Eaton, CASnowden, |... *Fred 00k, ~- 3.2. Dunlop, - 5.8. Dillingham, Jr. Pred P..Powers, ‘Miss Cara S. Powers, AF. Shuman, Mrs. Perey Bhuman, ‘Rodney Welch, .. -. ‘John J. Flinn. THE BANQUET WAS SERVED shout So'clock, and was amply partaken of bi ‘fm ateetabiod: company. The rien speaks for Oysters on Half Shell. .. POTAGE. Consommé a Ia Reine. : Filet rata Salmon, a {a Not be ~Polatoya la Duchesse. nn <"HORS D'oUVRE. 2 Small Pathes, a la Financiere, Viet ot Beet, ux eef, aux Cham; e Haricots Veits, prenony: Breetoreads, Pig ique aux Petits Py ‘Venison Cutlets, Jeli Sauce, be SORBET, Punch, a la Romaine. BOT yz Quail, Larded. Celery and'Lettuve Salad. Sadie Bice, PSEST - Cag otte Rise, ‘Seapolitan Cream. ¥rait ee. Suilton Cheese, Biscuit, ae Hind evens SPEECH. arter’ to9 President Wiikie called th Bild porte and said this wasan aunt: Bintat de rae tu and it bad reached the ma- a Was not rh thtogs, and there lay before it a future | an which, waiting it might become. as dsomely furnished rooms, library, no. indebtedness, and aaike a bank. A club with might aspire to al- ror not nea ee “ihe” ita x 8 lofty be coopers ae altitudes it might climb. While ous pee ated the members on their marvel- as nothing ta tt akin to hat el ante funel ak gigantic hich grew ubing night and Detore sunset alee Not their destin, “Usteuce. He knew this was ot al ‘ny. What Was soonest ripe wag On thers fcHest rotten, cording part. Of the Club he bade tho Suests a yersaty eto the festivities of its anni- dey ‘hirthi ght Pocelee ret, board. Some Ff Pe pope ef etm, but Dot. mor Plays] 27 20M, Id the Club's own home: LAB diy TRE AND THE PRES! ” was THE PRESIDENT ry fallen toby the Hon. Frank W. Palmer, This 18 the Guiy G indoed, “else. where, ami feet rmllions of peopie, the prinel- Riempt ar eee ment is undergoing its third thal a intilfon of citizens Tudinlhg.a freeconfederution established . x exists in San Marino, rched away up on the nines, with a citizenship, all cars.” Yih an honorable histo- ith these exceptions, He- nas beco swept from the pe. That tt exi STE 2 tue face we 1 exists here is largely that ‘8 {ree consent of the people, Sains comes’ only through inquiry, te ssion; and {n the mold! Serena Sppnler opinion, there te 20 8 Inte ent as rhe press, Bate: TEMS Of wise aduiinistration, fms is is : of inpariiat: ‘eys thoughtful; it may not be always Bsa, we im trey Fepal-activity commands a pre- prising, t,we interest of the press to be Sip, and pai, 22450 by post-coach and steam- Obgeryat een and velegraph, it gathers ail abe ange, 2d opinions from the habit- cetioudie it all this wealth of raw material places a ithio. ork alike of the ie rich ant ir, of ental pee and ther wiciouss Tots eats of oe ets juality Of mental cane a on 9 fair eld, ignorance must sue berg aCe, DIOREE | to liberality, ited Bratec tty. Such a ticld the press of the In tesponss Le/PS tost abundantly to furnish. Thich bas just ba Specifically to the sentiment *2ying that the ‘Dread, I take grent. pleasure been fn Press of the United States has bent or gee Ain. Just to the present’ incume Willigy Bo Presidential chairs. Yaa few dave no Ritted to pie ke BHequaled political trast com- Pa] Pepin of ‘yo did not borrowed the flowers of | ests were thé follow- ; i j abused cit THE. CHICAGO. TRIBUNE: . SUNDAY ‘JANUARY. 16, ‘1881-SIXTEEN PAGES. dustries has been advanced; and the ninet. 3 eenth Executive of the Republic will retura to private for his persons! und oificial purity and fidelity. bitten Years ‘ago -a convention assembled Ia encva, Switzerlund,’. for a ** initigation of the sufferings of the wounded fo war." It was at- tended by the representatives of elyen European Goveraments. One hundred and four yearsago A convention ‘assembled in Independence Hail, jn the City of Philadelphia, whose purpose was to mitigate the sufferings’ of the peuple of all uations and all climes, not only in war, but in Peace, and legitimate out wihs of that Con- ¥ention on the two great divisions of official and Unofticial power of which I have been invited to Speak,’ So long as the Presidency of the United States shalt be justly administered, and ‘the Press shall be conscientiously conducted, the growth of Governmental liberty in the Western Hemisphere will be as limitiess ns the hopes and. the aspirations of men. [Applause] ~ ; “THE PRESS OF CHIcaGo” Fras responded to by.the Hon. Joseph Medill, as ‘follows: i You call oti me to respond to the toast, * Chicago Press.” But the Onieage press spore : { for itself, : tanpual banquet ‘of tho Chicago Press | Gr iself, nnd nevds no one to sound its pralso ig lust evening in tho ladies’: sion like this is to specify some of its character- or defend its reputation. The very most that need be said on an ocea- istics: 1. The press of Chicago has the courage of {ts opinions or, stated in diplomatic language, ithas ‘sand, and is not afraid to criticise oF censure what it deems inimical to the public in- terest or general welfare. The press of Chi- ¢ugo despises pretentious humbugs, sees thro’ their disguise at a glance, and transfixes them without hesitation or loss of time. It speaks its mind freely on all subjects, and reports every- thing that trauspires without fear, favor, oF aflection. It uttucks the wrong-doings of ‘the strony and bigh as fearlesly a3 it defends the weak and helpless, Every cluss of grasping, over-reacbing men in business or politics comes in for its expusures and stings, and political Bosses are its especial aversion, and on them the press of Chicazo wages a war of extermination; and this, per- haps, accounts for the insulubrity of Chicaso atinosphere for that species af demagogical des- pot. Following the advice of the dying Irish- inen to his hopeful son, whorever the Chleago Press seus the head of a’ political boss they hit it, And not with a stuifed club either. AL. ‘The ‘press of this vity is-always true to Chicago and her interests. It blows her trum-" pet and beats her drum, making the blare and racket of a full brass band in her bebulf. It does more free advertising for her business in- terests than the press of half a dozen other cities. This grows wut of pride of toculity, ex- uberance of feeling, and ambition to push her to the first place among American citles—a rank that she Seems to be rapidly achieving, ‘The Chicago press itseit his already reached tho first pltee in American joucaclism, for, while ever faithful and true to Chicago's inter- ests, its aims and elforts are not circumscribed by the limits of this corvoration. “No pent up Utica contines our powers; the whole boundless continent is ours.” Not an event, accident, or incident that transpires on this continent but is reported forthe Chicago press and is flashed here, The whole daily lite of the American people, in detail as well as iuentirety, is tele- graphed to the Chicago press. It is taken by States, by cities, by Villages; by sroups in poli- tics, religion. profession, clique, or corpora- tion, and in severalty. All vovations, all inter-. ests, all things are reported for publication and comment in the Chicago preas. © the affairs of other lands come in for thelr fuil share of observation, and ocean cables are em- ployed, reardless of expense, to fetch any news trauspiribg in the other continents and quarters ofthe earth supposed to possess any interest to their readers. The Chicaro press spends snormously: more money than the New York press for special dis- patches; and whereas the latter collects scarcely any news beyond its immediate neighborhaod or the Stateson the Atlantic seabourd, the Chi- cago press ransacks the contiaeut, and often print§ more New York news of particular inter- est than any of the New York papers.- In the scope of editorial discussion, in the sharpness of criticism and strength of a rgument, fortified by fact and citation of precedent and proof, the Chicago press ¢usily “ lays over” its pretentious so-culied “metropolitan” contemporaries; and while not yet in words, in ucts they are Yielding the palm to their growing, stalwart Westera rivals. it is not, therefore, a vain bonst, or baseless claim that Chicago the press bas already. reached the head of -the newspapor class in Americaj and. what is more, they pro- pose to hold it; and, while occupying this lofty preéminence in journalism, they will by voice and example beckon their contemporaries to come up higher in order to extend their in- fluence, power, and uscfulness. If I were asked what is the secret of tho rapid rise, remarkable suceess, and wide-reachi influence of the Chicago press, I should probably attribute it, in large "part at leust,to competition with each other; to a never-ending struggie to produce tbe best, most comprehensive, useful, french- aut, and attractive newspaper regardless of ox- pense, and by the employment of the best talent Within reach in cach department and sub- division of the respective establishments. Tho clearest thinkers, the sharpest and sprihtliest pens, the most encyclopedian, beads, tho ninbtest “fingers, thé “taciest- ‘reporters, the sensational describers ure _all sought out ed into the service. The personnel of the Chicago press is cosmopolitan; every Amer- ican State and civilization contributes members. Butenough. twould like to say something on the errors and blemishes, as well as of the power and enterprise, of the Chicago press, but the limits of ten ‘minutes’ post-prandia! talk af- ford pot the time: neither is this the place or occasion fora moral lecture or analytical dis- quisition on such a topic. i ttust we shull enjoy many more reunions as pleasant and bontomie as the present occasion, and I give vou asa sentiment: Without “ pool- ing.” our business issues, let us cultivate more social acquaintance, and thus better know and more highly appreciate each other. [Applause.] “THE PRESS AND, THE CITY OF CHICAGO.” The Hon. Carter Harrison responded to tho sentiment of “Tho Press and the City of Chi- cago.” He said that when the Almighty made Chicago He determined in bis omniscence that itwas not fur Chicago to be alone, and therefore originated the Chicago press. ‘The { Chicago press had built up Chictgo. They had abused it until everybody throughout the coun- try was rushing here to soe what this badly- was made of. His friend from, fr. Watteraon, had come here just’ to sce if it was possible for such 9 Sodom and Gomorrah us Tne CurcaGo TRIBUNE and Times represented it to be to existon the face of the earth. [Applause.] All this was mere adver- tising. He koew what itwas to be advertised by being abused. Laughter.) Seven yeara ‘azo, when that bright newspaper sitting mntaway be- teen two vceans was sent daily tothe Houso of Representatives it bad a daily squib on him- Louisville, self, and tbat venerable saint, Fernando Wood, came to bim and said, “Don’t enro what it save; feel towards it as lused to feel towards the Herald; 1 would rather buve its praise than its abuse, but I woulda —— sight rather have its abuse than its silence.” [Lauzhter wud applause.) The press had abused Chicago until it had grown like- 10 other city. The Times abused people one day and ok it back :the next, . because - the Times always published both sides; Taz Trin- tne fearlesiy spelled the English language as itought to be spelled, and in its local columns stated just the opposit of what was stated in the editorial columns. Then thers was the Dally News, spicy and sprightly, and the Inter Ocean, solemn and grand—(laughter—and then, fn tho eveuing, after being weuried, and going home to seek ' ae “Tired Nature’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep,” All one bad to do was to take up that delicious Zoporiiic, the Evening Journal, and quietly thero sWwle over him u calmness, and presently hosauk ‘back in his chair to enjoy the sleep of the blest. No tty on carta had | sue colossal newspapers. They had made Chicago, an chians had made them. Bir. Medi! had said, the press of Chicago spared no expense. It was sometimes unjust, but it knew that the peoplo were always to be trusted, and it generally came back before it had gone toofar. It was not to pe expected that an editor who wrote at night should be able to write an editorial for to-mor- row morning in which there was no mistake; that would be something more than human; put the press of Chicago was a thing of which Chicugo was proud, and the country was proud, and to stand there as Chicuyo’s chief magistrate was a privilege which he felt to be the proudest that he could possibly have. [Applause.} _ “THE PRESS AND POLYGAMY.” The Hon. El Murray, Governor of Utab, epoke brietly of the * Pressand Polygamy,” say- ing he had done bis duty (referring to his re- fusal to give Cantion’a certificate}, and no) that the press would see that nothing was left undone under the law watil Utah was free, and polygamy wiped out of existence. {Applause.] “THE PRESS AND STENOGRAPHY.” Mr. John Ritchie spoke of “Stenography; thé Lightning of the Press," as follows: ‘The thought which ‘has been uppermost in my mind since I have been here has been that, whenever in general society I meet o aman resplendent in swallow-tail coat and pallid necktie, shall know that I am iu the nuguet presence of a newspaper man; and whenever I am called upon to sub- elst on the tender end of a cold, dyspeptic lead- pencil, I shall revert with feelings of epicurean. regret to the time when I formed a constituent part of this Oriental gorgeousness. This toast, to which 1 have been assigned to respond, is one of sueh-liberal dimensions that I may uot be able to properiy cover it in the limited time al- lowed. Jf not, never mind mie, but go right along with the rest of the p just in sume, ae if I wasn’t anywhere around. Laughter.) - Sierely for the sake of the argument, I will charitably assume that a majority of thls A3- sembluge can write longhand; therefore it will not be necessary so describe that use- ful art. In regard to stenography, a few wordsof explanation will place you jn a position toappreciate the comparison lam make. Shorthand consista of a foundation of lines and curves, cut off {fu suitable sections, upon which is. erected a tower of half-lengths, double-lengths, abbreviations, verbal homicides, dots, dashes, contractions, subterfuges, mutila- tions, frauds, expedients, hooks, circles, pho- hographic agonfes, positions, geometrical sky- rockets, and orthografical insanities, until the untutored mind fs lost in the immensity of sten- ographio space. With this lucid expianation Toars of laughter] you will see at ouce whata utiful ‘simplicity there is in stenography. ‘To this list of characters (s attached a system of nomenclature by means of which two stentog-“ raphers'may converse ‘inf a language utterly in- life with the commendations of bis canst icuency’ juired to. gompi rehénsible not only to.the average long- bh writer, but even to themselves. ‘This is theoretical~shorthaod, In its practical “aspect it is sometimes far superior in illegibility to well-written cuneiform text; in fact I have in my possession pages of notes which look as if some thoughtless person bad fired at them a cannon loaded with copying-ink and sassafras |’ roots. I may say that I have been advised to chain them toa tree to keep them from getting away. ‘Shorthand ts not dificult of attainment if you begin it in youth, and grow up with it as you do with your father's neighbor's melon-patch, though-a' pupll of mine onco suggested that a better way is to divide the labor between two generations, having one learn the rudiments and their children put on the finishing touches. [Laughter.} lyuppose! ought to say something now about the relative speed of the two systems. Comparatively few people can write in lonz- band. more than -furty words a minute, and it takes some lively pen-und-ink gymnastics to do even that. Shorthand {8 sometimes written at the rate of 250 and even 5W wordsa minute— extreme modesty restrains me from mentioning names. You will sec from this that matching one against the other would be about equivalent to backing a mud-turtle against a runaway comet, Of course, the Jonehand writer, if taking « sermon, might call’ the preacher's attention to the fact that his gait was too fast_by warping him with a prayer-book, but I know you wonlda'tliketo get up in meeting and sling a devotional document at the clergyman every time he began to get away from you, because it might possibly make the congregation uneasy: and thou, too, the stock of prayer-booxs within reach might ‘runout before the close of the sermon. Asa matter of fact, there ts no comparison as to speed between lonzhund and stenography; orif there is, {tls about that between nothing aod sowething. What the longhand writer loses is eternally lost, unless ho bas & memory~ lke a phonograph, or can exchange what he failed to get for something drawn from the wells of a brilliant imagination. That, however, would be alcia to lying, and it is a wall-authen- toated fuct that reporters never He. Thisstate- ment has been disputed, but never by any mun with a.reputation equal to that of all his netgh- bors In the vicinity in which he resided. Indeed. I have beard it stated, though upon what au- thority Lcanuot gay, that there ure now whole brigades of reporters lugging leather medals around the New Jerusalem for their heroic ad- hberence to truth on earth. [Loud taughter.} ‘There are tines, however, when even the most expert stenographer wants more time. Not long ago I saw a reporter taking A lecture on the Abenuki tribe of Indians, in which oceurred the neme of the powerful sachem, Chobbegoxmu- goochkamuggin. Just imagine that thing tired olf nt an unsuspecting American citizen! aud con- ceive, if you can, the meutal wreck left behind when that ortuographical cyclune rumbled by! (Loud applause. ‘The practice. of stenography ‘is the sawing wood of the intellect. It is the cultivation of detail, so that exuct words are remembored in their consceutive order, but very often at the sucritice of ability to grasp the thought cou- stained in those words. ‘There is a dangerous temptation in this direction, because of the ditl- cutty of running simultaneously two teatas of thought; and if the stenographer fuils to tight down this tendency he loses bis individuality as a thinking, retleeting human. being and degen- erates Into a bald-headed shorthand factory rear tostep into his Intellectual grave. [Laugh- er. : - Common sense and general information have about as much to do with accuracy in stenog- raphy asin longhand. lo rapid writing charac- ters ‘representing entirely different words will often look very much allke, and the reporter sometimes fails to detect his notes in little pieces of skulidaggery that lead him into frightful mis- takes. I uuve known Stenographers under whose herole ‘treatment the “Sermon on tho Mount” would read ke a voupter from “ Rat- tle-snake Dick, the Ring-tailed Screamer of the Rocky Mountains.” I confess that I myself once reported an eulo- gistic addreas In which were tho words: “His brow was enwreathed with celestial wis- dbm.’ And when Icame to convert it into longhand the notes looked up in my face with impudent rectitude and made the speaker say: “His bread was enriched with stump-tail bard-pan.” : y nat Was simply a case of similarity of out- ne. I suppose the best evidence ot the’supremacy of shorthand might be found in a little incident which occurred a good many years ago, when I was young-and enthusiastic in regurd 10 ste! ogruphy. At that time I was in the habit of ai tending revival-meetings, which were almost al- ways ted by a good old Deacon named Epapnro- ditus Gibbs. “The old gentleman invariably closed the services with a prayer, whicn 1 would write with my finger on the palm of my band, With ‘a good deal of judgment Unele Paph had boiled down ‘his sup- plication ‘so that it covered alt tho «materiul points in the fewest pussible words, and from numerous dashes at it 1 had become s0 well acquainted with its construction that, when ‘be started ip at one end, J kney precisely where ho would come out at the other. It was along In tlie fall, and nearly every night. L was due about 9 o'vlucis With’ the rest of the boys, in some neighbor's orchard or grape- arbor. You know itis more pleasant to pick some other man’s fruit.by moonlight, because you don’t bave so much trouble in making ase- lection xs you would bave in uaylight. So, when Deacon Gibbs settled down for the ‘wind-up, I would run my end of the mecting with my tinger, pass the. old gentieman about the three-quarter pote, and come down the homestretch on an ewsy canter about seventy- five words ahead of him; and, when he got around to the “ Amen!” 1 was out on the door- step, with my cap on, waiting for bim to show up under the wire. é ‘This cannot ba done by apy longhand-writer on the surface of the globe. “THE VETERANS OF THE PRESS.” Mr. James W. Sbealan responded tm a felicitous manner to the sentiment of “The } Veterans of the Press." He said that, having spent nearly two-thirds of bis iife in this busi- ness, {t was a great pleusure to him to be pres- entipan assembly of this kind, surrounded by the elegance, taste, ability, and’ good looks ‘which greeted him. ‘But he was not so old in the business as to be presumed to have a personal acquaintance with the veterans of the pro- fession, although he belicved himself to be the oldest member of the profession in active duty in this city,in the way of continuous service. ‘The nearest approach to a veteran editor in this young and growing city was d gentleman sitting at this board, who Dewan the business of tha press in st. Louis by dellvering’a newspaper 10 subscribers. It was bis bu.iness to. tuke it to the Professors in two universities, and ever since that date, when usked if be bad been to college he said, **Oh, yes; 1 have been through two. universities.” (Laugbter.] There was n- vet- eran who could ciafm as great and as honorable a distinction in useful serviee as ever could be attached: to driving a mule on a towpath. {Laughter and appiause.1 Having reported for the moruing papers, he knew how great an in- Action late speeches were, and would therefore conclude with the hope that this meeting was but the prelude to many others In the futuro. (Loud apptause.} “THE PRESS AND THE BAR.” “The Press and the Bar; cach owes its free- dom tothe otnor,” was responded to by Mr. Emery A. Storrs. as follows: When we speak of the freedom of the press we usually think of it as something we bave always enjoyed,—a privilege which has never really been denied to us. We donot remember, and perhaps some of us never knew, that it 15 the youngest born of allour great privileges. The Treedbm of the press as it is now enjoyed is not 100 years old. That fréedom hus beeo achieved by the joint action of the press itseif, the Bar, and juries, and in tho great majority of in- stances against the Government and the repre- sentatives of the Governutent upon tho bench. Down within the last twenty-five years of En- glish history the bench bas been hostile to the treedom of the press, and even in this country, following moldy precedents and old and djshon: orabte traditions, even great Judges have failed to.uote the spirit of the ae in which thoy lived, and would hamper tho press in the enjoyment of those privileges, the surest gustrantecs for con- tinued freedom of thoughtandspeech and action. Not tmany years ago, and throughout nearly the whole of the efghteenti century, the courts of Jawin Great Britain, as tho exponunts of morality and duty to the Government, could and did, 2s the law wus then understood and admin- istered, declare any writing criminal which they saw fit. The contest for the freedom of the press was waged first in Great Brituin, and that freedom has been transplanted to thig country. Among all lawyers the nameof Lord Manstield isheid in the highest veneration, but even as tate as the reign of George Ill he declared the Jaw to be that ali the jury had to consider was whether the defendant had published the letter get out in the {aformation, and that whether the ietter was libelous or innocent was a pure ques- tion of law, for the Court alone to determine. This ruling raised a great commotion, and fol- lowing it in the famous case of the Dean of St, Asaph, tried before Mr. Justice Buller, wherein that great Iawyer Erakine conducted the de- fense, this sentiment was announced by the Judge from the bench, which in this day would be regarded as atrocious, and in which he, de- clared to the jury that lf they were satisfied that the defendent’ published the pamplilet they mus‘ find him guilty of libel. i theee led to the famous Libel bill, which gave to the jury the privilege of taking into consideration the character and tendency of the paner alleged to be libelous. This bill became a law in 1792; and yet, so thoroughly grounded in their owa old notions had the Courts become, great Judges ought to avold it. by themselves ‘volunteering expressions of opinfon; and in one notable case undor that act, Lord ‘Kenyon, in charging the jury, said to them in speaiing of the allered libeloue article, “ I consider it a gross and seditious libel.” The jury were too much for Lord Kenyon, and, under Mr. Fox's Libel bill, of which Mr, Erskine “was the real author, found the defendant not tguilty, Another very great English Judge, Lord Elionborough, on the prosecution of thatfamous writer Leigh Hunt, iwok occasion to declare that be had no doubt that the libel was published with the intention imputed to it, and that it was entitled to tne character given to {t in the Information: not- withstanding which, however, to the Judge's un- epeakable mortification, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Afterwards, in the famous trials of Hone for'libel, based upon parodies of a political character, Lord Ellenborough took occasion to say in.the presence of the jury, + T ronounce it to be a most impious and profane Toeu notwithstanding which: the jury found the other way. he? coe i ‘NO real and substabtidl charize was effected in Britis jurisprudence until the year 185, when ‘ an act waa passed known as Lord Campbell's. act, authorizing the. jury to inquire into the teuth of the facts stated in the publication: but down to that time in the English Courts the truth of the libel “* ee a> my FURNISHED NO JUSTIFICATION WHATEVER. ‘Thus you see tow recent is this great privi- lege ta its origin. ‘The bistory of the law of titel in this country is of thé same gencral character; and the freedom whieh bas been asserted forthe press, It is well for us.to bear in mind, is tho freedom to discuss public men and public mens- ures. The assertion of this right bus brought the press Inty direct conilict with the Govern- ment; and in the long warfare waged between the press und the Government, ip which great loading members‘of the Bar figured sohonorabiy and go conspicuously, it was the Government and the Judges on one side and the press and the lawyers on the other. “These grent lawyers clearly cnougn saw that-there’ was no substan- Unt freedom of the press dir its discussion of ubile men or measures if they Were in the opin- jons which they expressed bound ulwnys to in- fullivility of Judgment; and hence there bag been growing up another branch of tho law of libel, ordinarily known ns the lnw of privilege, which relates to the discussion of all publicmen snd public matters; to the actor who nppenis to the public for his support; to the preacher who in- yites the public tu listen to his sermons; to the artist who inyltes the public to admire and to purchase his pictures; to the public singer, the public missionary, the public reformer, the pol- itician, the officehoider, oF the office-seeker, All classes of individunis who submit themselves ta the publle for the judgment of the public, sub- mit themselves, under the inw as it is now ad- ministered in Great Britain and in many of the States in this Union, to public criticilam upon their public professions and performance: and this public criticism and public examination the jaw requires only shall be. mude fn good faith, — not with jufaliibility of judgment, but with in- tegrity of purpose. # No contests huve ever been waged between the press and the Government anywhere where- in the press has claimed the right to ussail pri- vate character, or to indulge in the cireulation of private scandals. This, so far ns we can gather from the history of the freedom of the press, it has never ciniméd as a part of its frec- doin, nor have. its regularly authorized repre- rentatives ever claimed that much -for it. The freedom of the press is a great privilege, to be enjoyed and used for the public good, and the pubile gond docs not require assaults’ upon the private character of mere private individuals, nor are nny public interests or morals subserved by such assaults. Such an exereige of privilezo would not be freedom, but license, and license which would seriously interfere with and jeupard that other liberty which every citizen ought to enjoy,—the security of life, liberty, reputation, and property. . Ido not believe that even. tho press itself fully appreciates in thesa busy and hurrying times bow absolutely essen- tal to the preservation of all the best interests of the citizen’ the largest .freedom ot the press in the sense in , which I have ex- pressed it is. There. {3 nothing in this world so good that is not a little better by being watened; no statesman is $0 puro and lofty that he fs not likely to become still purer und still loftier so long as bo feels that keen eyes are upon bim to ubserve every move that he makes. Dishonest legislators fear this freedom of tho press, for the’ exerelse: of. that freedom is the only method by which thelr dishonest schemes anny be expose. ‘he quack doctor, the quack lawyer, the quack preacher, the quack urtist, the quack actor, the fraudulent charitable schenie, the dishonest enterprise of all kinds under honorable pretenses, look, and naturally luok, to the 2 PRESS AS THEIR NATURAL ENEMY, and that the press is’ thus regarded in those quarters is the highest ‘compliment which the press can receive, So many members of .the press ate here to-night that Tventure to sug- west in their presence, and to then, some needed jegislition on the law of libel. "It cannot be called radical or extreme: for It 1s substantially - In acopy from Lord Campbell's act of. 185. the ‘proscoution of its business a great daily newspaper find’ it impossible” at umes to scan with ‘that closeness. and. necuracy which would seem to be necessary iatter seeking admission into its. columns, and hence it occurs, through mero inadvertence, de- tractive and injurious articles are published concerning Individuals without the slightest matice or the slightest intention of doing the injured person any barm whatsoever. Itis the commonest suggestion of justice that in such a case ho cxemplary damages should be awarded against the offending newspaper, and tho act of Parliament to which I refer gives tho paper the privilege of immediate retraction and publi tion of the: circumstances. under which the in- jurious article nppeared..and a tender of the dumages actually sustained by its publication and tbenceforward relief from further liability. ‘The law as it now stands is injurious, both to the injured person and to the press. There may be not one word of.truth in the article published, nor a scintilla of malice in the pub- lisher. The jury may reach'the conclusion that no damages have been suffered, and return their verdict for six cants, the result of Which is. the practical destruction of the complaining party. But under such a statute as I bave named -a:‘verdict of six cents Would be ascompleto und-perfert-a: vindication” RS a verdict for thousands of doMurs. Libel suits would not be then instituted for Specie tive purposes, and the neirspaper,could afford to deal, as it always ought to; fairly, justly, and generously with the ivjured individual. Some Fuch enactments are necessury, 28 the Jaw now Stands inthis country. The growing necessity for the fullest and largest discussion of public ieasures, and the demand of the people to know about public men ail. that they ought to Know, to wisely and intelligently judge con- cerning thetn, renders any return to the bud old times utterly impossible. To muke such a return possibie, the spirit and tendencies of the nintcenth century must both be.reversed, The freedom of the press bas not been easily won; the fight for it was a long and -bitter one. And it menns not merely the freedom of the press, but the right of the citizen'to be placed in possession Of such Information as will enable him to form an ‘intelligent opinion con- cerning alt public measures in which he may be interested. it is at the very foundation of our system of representative goverament. It is as essential as the right of trisl by jury, and with- out it suffrage will be a faflure, for it would not be possible for suffrage to be intelligent. No matter, then, how much may.be said about tho freedom of the press, nor how tired we may be- come of continually sounding its praises, we tmust not forget that fulsome praise of news- fagess does not detract from that great privi- lege, and a privilege which has becn achieved at 60 great a cost will be, 1am sure, as carefully guarded and as sedulously protected as it was vallantly fought for and nobly won. [Great ap- plause.] LETTERS OF REGRET for absence were read from : Messrs. Whitelaw teld of New York, “Mark. Twain,” Horaco White, Col. Taylor of the Boston Journal, John W. Forney, George W. Curtis, Charles Dudley Warner, R. G. Ingersoll, Stilson Hutchins, W. Storey, J. B. McCullagh, Samuel Bowles ‘of ringfeld, Mass. Oswald Ottendorfer ot New ork, und Thomas B. M. Connery of New York- “THE PRESS AND THE GOEERNMENT: . Joint Conservators of the Peace,” was responded to by the Hon. C. C. Bonney. long struggle for human ‘liborty involving more. fur-reaching and momentous consequen than that which secured the constitutional press. ‘he antagonism between a despotic Governinent and the printing. press is natural and intense. ‘The humun heart loved applause. lt did not feed willingly on the bitter herbs of censure. Neither King nor President, neither Cardinal nor General, desired. a sharp and im- Partial review of his official acts, and submitted with grace to accompanying eproor. The ex- ercise” of power Dred cotifidence in the hearts of rulers, and begot an fmpa- tienca of criticism, especially from ‘un- official sources. Hence there was a natural inclination to restrain what those. high in authority mizhtdcem anuuwarrantable freedons in the discussion of pubtie affairs, But, on the other band, the subjects of the Government naturally desired to discuss-its proceedings, complain of greievances, and suggest reforms.. Free thought and free speeck were of small avall without free publication, and to suppress publication was to prevent practical results. Thus there was un irrepressible conflict between oppressive government, whatever ita form, and, the public press, Ina desputic State the Gov- erninent oxercised a censorship over the pross, while in a free country the case was reversed, and the press exercised x censorship over tho Government. Both kinds of. censorship were Mable to abuse, but he thousht, judging the future by the past, the of the press for ao thousand "years would be ‘trifling “in comparison with: the iniquities of Goverament censure for a single generation. If the people were to govern, or take apy active or intelligent part in the Gov- ernment, they must know the facts on which Publio officials act and be ablo to express their Opinions of public measures a5 events transpire. And those who were intrusted With the ‘admin- istration of the Government ‘would favor, if they truly desired to promote ‘the general wel- fare in accordance with the, public will; tho most free and efficient means of. communica- Uon with those for whose sake the Government exists. That means was the newspaper. [Ap- plause.} No substitate for ithad yet peen de- vised~—none could be imagined." Thus the news- paper was.one of the most important agenciesof ree government. Without its ald id informin: and arousing the people, the Government o} the United States could nelther have raised the armies nor commanded the pécuni quired to win the great struggle for, aod Union." The modern newspaper was not merely @ private enterprise; it waa as truly’a: public -tnstitution as the railway and the tele- graph; and enlightened jumsprudence would declare that the public newspaper, encouraged ‘and protected by the bighest guarantees of con- stitution Jaw ag indispensable to free govern: jement, was subject, not to: the narrow and rigid rules which applied to merely’private: callings, but to broad and equitable principles spri out of its rehition to the public and its duty to serve the people in the collection and A pabiiee- tion of information relating to: all their interests. The business “of ~ journalism was no longer a mere incident to the printer's trade. Jt had become a great and learned *pro- fession with honored rraterdal organizations. ‘The Government should also consider that the newspaper was, after all due atiowance for our system of. schools, ‘the great educator of the- masses of the people. And it was also the great agency of progress in all reforms.." Acting hdr- * moniously in their respective spheres, free gov-- -ernment and the free press were jolut conserv- ators of tus , order, and peace; "each the most. powerful friend and upholder of ‘the other, Few victories, he said, tnd been won in the, guaranty of freedom: of speech and of the |- In conclusion Mr. Bonney spoke of the “en- terprise, ability. and impartiality." of the Chica- go press; in those particniars it baving few uals and no superiors, Let the Goveromént of Chicago but keep pace with the demands of the press, and it would scon become xs con- spicuous in municipal administration as it now was in material prosperity. Tho Club he ad- dressed wes composed of those who were in tho service of the pubily, and that public was inex- orable in its demands. Even in the midstof the festivities austere duty stond at the thresh~ old ready tocallthem to their waiting work. [Applause.) “TN GERMAN PRESS.” Herman Raster responded to the toast, “The German Press,” snying that it it was thoroughly American in every square inch, but atthe same time had its own distinct ‘Individuality. In size and circulation the Germin papers Were not equal to the English ones, but in respect to in- Recuee he thought the German press bud the most. “THE PRESS AND THE PULPIT.” Dr, Thomas responded to the toast,* The Press and the Pulpit: Codperating for the Betterment of the Peupie.” He said: ip ‘The tirst newspxper L ever saw was the South Branch Intelligencer, a vounty paper published m. Romney, Va. It came every week, was not large, and Fremember that nearly allone side was regularly covered with, woodcut advertise~ ments of runaway siaves. They were ail alike, —tho pictnye wus that ofa man running, with & stick on his shoulder, and a bundle on his back. ‘he first preachers [ever saw were the plain cireult-riders of Virginin, who came around once in four or six weeks. They alwdys begno_ their sermons with the fall of man in Eden, and then feading us along by the way of the lake of fire ona brimstone,they wound up in the Kingdom of igaven, ‘Times bave changed since then. Instead of the post-boy with his horn and weekly mail, we have the steam cars and the telegraph, aud ‘oar grout duflys that give news from all over the world, and each one bas reading euough to make a good-sized book. And instead of u preacher once every month, we have them twice each Sabbath, and with us all the time during the week. Go where you will now, the preacher and the daily papers are after you. But the papers have no more run-away notices, and the preachers have found a nearer starting place than the Garden of Eden. Indeed, many of them have come to think that the “serpent”? or the devil wus an ourang-outung, and they arc nat quite ‘sure but the whole story is after all only an allegory; and most of them have given up the {dea of the fire and the brimstone. At least they don’t say much nboutit. I stand for tko old ideas; and { fear the rest are drifting away. ‘* + The first_religious paper Iever saw was the Pittsburg Christian Advocate, It was largely filled with obituaries; but I think upon whole it was better reuding than we get now. [ used to read tho papers—especially the religious ones—carefully throuxh, advertisements and all, I thought that was the way. It fs suid that there are about 70,000 preachers in our country now, and I don’t know how muny papers, and editors, and reporters; Dut taken together the two pro- fessions nuke a large army, The dally press tells us how the world fs, and what itis doing from day today. The preachers tell us on Sun- day how it ought to be, and what it ought to do. Upon the whole they get plong tugether quite peaceably and well; and what one don’t know the other always does. The preacher reaches the people by the. word spoken; the press reaches them by the printed word. The one speaks to a tew hundreds; the othor to the tho sunds.. Both have their piace, und both are ex- erting x powerful Influence upon suciety. The press catches the thought of the thinkers and carries it into every place of business, and rest, and culture; it is mating possible 4 broad interchange of thousht and sentiment that 13 bringing about conditions of sympathetle emotion by which the whole world is coming to share the common life of liberty, and love, und brotherhood. The press keeps alive we dead. Tt educates the living. By its side the pulpit is doing the same great work. It is pleading for righteousness on carth; it is telling of the hopes of heaven. We ought to be, and we are, bands of brothers working for the good of all. Never on earth before was there sucha press'as we have to-day; and never, I believe, so many earnest preachers. And nowhere, I’ am sure,a press more powerful than that of ourown city. [Ap- plause.] “THE PRESS OF DIXIE.” ‘Mr. Henry Watterson responded to the senti- mont of “ The Press of Dixie." He said it wus because helhad observed at long range something. of what Mr. Medill fad safd of the Chicago press that he had come personally tosee how the thing wus done. He knew, believed, and had often stated fn print, that the press of Chicago was the reates press in the world; that it spent more money for, telegraphic dispatches and for type- setting than the press of any othor city In the world. Therefore, in speak ine. of the press of the South, it was impossible to make apy com- parison, or to refer to the two in common. Their Systems and methods, and the means invested.in them, were altogether. different. The press of the South had scarcely changed within the last twenty-fve or forty-five years. It was still more or less a congregation of essays upon pub- lic alfairs.. It. hud. not the enterprise, . nor the Public, nor the means which the Chiciizo press ad-of making great vebicles of news, and. therefore, if it was not a great moral agent it was nothing. He made no effort to rival THe TaibuNe and the Times in the, collection of news, He bud addressed himself to the promul- gation of greut underly {ng moral truths that lay At the bottom of our sucial structure, and must permeate and inspire our parties, whether Demo- cratic or Republican. [Applause.] He bad never thought it necessury to malign a man be- cause he differed from hft in political opinions or lived in a diferent part of the country; and his instructions to his reporters had always been, ag the foundacion of success iu; journalism and everything else, * First, be sure that you tell the truth;fand, sccond, be sure that you are notant- mated by any unworthy motive even in telling the truth.” [Applause.] Every man in every walle of life-was supposed by law tu be innocent until he was found to be guilty, except in the profes- sion of the press. They went out and arrested a man, assumed him to be guilty, published the facts upon uncertuin evidence, and the day after the fucts were proved to be otherwise, but the man's character was gone. They were habitually used to maligning themselyes. They did not respect their own profession enough, and it was a buppy circumstance, and one of good Rugury, that such an association as this had been established in Chicago. During the War five Rows papers driven from tive different’ points in the South, were congregated together inthe City of Atlanta. The editors of these newspapers took a suite of rooms and bired.a coox. and for six months lived together ona common purse with a common ateward: and finally there was a typographical strike, the printers were discharged, and they all consoli- dated their editorial powers on one paper, [Laughter.} He assured them for the press of the South that it was very busy, and was devot- ing itself to the new processes of development and general education which would in the end obliterate the thing called sectionalism. {Ap- lause.] {t was uot necessary for South ana North to gush over each other on this question; he thought they were getting along admirably. He was sure when be came out of tho Confederacy tifteen years ago, and pawned his watch in Cincinnati, he did not expect ta be en- tertuined by .the Chicago pross su hosp! vithin the next fifty years, ‘The mere talk about Rectianalism did not hinder any one of them from taking the hand of another; and he féltas welcome here as in Atlanta or Memphis, or J any Southern city. [Applause.] When Loui: ville organized a simuar club, he hoped to wel come the members of the Chicago press to that city. [Applause.] “THE PRESS OF PITTSBURG.” Mr. J. G. Siebenech, of the Pittsburg Chronicle, responded. to the toast, *The Press of Pitts- burg, the Gate.City of the Continent’ ing of the enterprise ot the city, its industries, etc., and showing that it was really a greater city than most people were aware of. 2 Col. Frank A. Eustman, of -Waukesha, Wis., spoke for the “Bucolic Press,” expressing his ap- preciation of tbe compliment, and bis grutitica- tion at meeting so many of his old friends. ‘he concluding toast was “ The Pressand the - Ladies” in response to which Mr. George W. Pook of Pate Sum made a characteristic: but somewhat brief speech, full of witticisms which provoked great laughter. 4 "At balf-paat 11 the banquet was over. Ib was certainly an enjoynble affair, everything pass- off smoothly, and to the satisfaction the guests and the members of the Club. ———— The Wealth of the United States, -" TM. Goan in Harper's Sonthly, ‘We stand near the head ot tho list of all the Western nations, ‘The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland heads the list with a capital valuation of x g then comes France with $36,700,000,000; the United States with $32,000,000,000; Germany with $22,000,000,000; Russia with | $15,000,000,000; and the Low Countries with $! 000 of capital collectively. These are the valuations made bs those countries of their entire resources. What Js the nunual income per inhabitant in various bounteeey Te come to the front, io sate come rison. je average anu: Bnited” Kingdom Ja $165; in'the United States, $165 also; in the Low Countries, $130; in France, $125; in the British colonies, $90; in Germuny, and also n Scandinavia, $85. in this reckoning Ruesia, with her 90,000,000 people, is out of sight ag yet; she will not be very long. On the score of ‘annual accumulation our case is even better, telatively far better. ‘Tho annual accumulation of wealth in Germany is $20,000,000; it ts - 000.000 in tho United Kingdom: $475,000,000 fa France; in the United States it is $285,000,000) “Our increase in National wealth since 1850, says 7 | a géod English authority, would be enough to. “purchase the whole German Empire, with its farms, ‘cities, banks, smpping, manufactures, etc, Tho anntal aecumulation has been $8%,- 000,000, and theréfore each decadé adds more to the wealth of the United States than the capital value of Italy or Spain. Every, cay that the sun rises upon the American people it sees an ad- dition of $2,300,000 tothe wealth of the Republic. ‘As soon as the public earns that the Shakers” Sarsaparilla is the genuine Shaker medicine pre- pared from roots, herbs, and berries, growa, selected, and prepared by the Canterbury Shak- ers, Shaker Village, N. HL, they will take itin preference to ail others, such is their regard for the character of the United Brethren. <_< Mary Anderson says ‘“Stoddart’s Peerless Liquid ig an élegant preparation for beautify- ing the complexion. a right direction—-Going to s;.drug store for, Gienn's Sulphur Soap. Avoid counterfeits, f the list—third on . Detroit Free Press. -Icame out of the Post-Office one day an | prawled out ‘on the walk.and I lauched tiff IRE RECORD. Twenty-two Stores Burned in the Unlucky Town of Dur ham, N.C. Fifty Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Cattle Burned at Lan- caster, Pa. Oonflagrations at Youngstown, 0., Norfolk, Va. Toledo, 0., and Elsewhere, IN LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Pumapenenia, Pa., Jun. 15—A heavy loss was caused by nn Incendiary fire on the Eliza- beth stock farms, Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, last night,in the burning of a large number of valuable cattle. These farms, three in number, belonging to the G. Dawson Coleman estate, and managed by Colin Cameron, have a widespread reputation for producing finc cattie, which bave carried olf prize after prize at the State Fairs. On tho “Mansion Farm,” as it is called, were kept all the registered cattle, which were placed in the immense barn. Shortly after 32 o'clock last night this barn wus discovered to be on fire, and in a short time it was totally destroyed, with all its contents, Mr. Cumeron’s brother, and others who were firston the ground, tound that the flames bad already gained complete. possession of the building. they could not bear the cries of the poor brutes which were. being slowly Toasted. Ail etforts to save any of them or sub- due the fiames were utterly useless, and it was not long before the building was in ruins. In the barn were fifty-two bend of, thoroughbred Jersey caitle, seventy-tive game chickens, five thoroughbred hunting-dogs, Sfwy tons of bay, and thirty tons Of straw. The total loss: is over ‘$50,000. AT VIRGINIA CITY, NEV. VIRGINIA City, Nev.. Jan. 15.—The explosion of alamp this evening set tire to the holstng works of Hale & Norcross. The wind was blow- ing a gale, and the hofsting works, boiler-room and changlog-room at. the machine-shaps, the blacksmith-shop, ore-dump, rope-house, and carpenter-shop were destroyed. The men at work below made their escape through the com- bination shaft. It is difficult at present to as- certain the amount of damage. The shaft ie not thought to be much damaged, as it has an upward draft, and water was turnéd in to extinguish the falling brands. The big pumping engines used in holst- ing isruined. The loss will be nearly $500,000. Ibis doubtfntif the works will be rebuilt fur- ther than necessary co alse and lower work- locked up at the West Madis tor having stolen a. of ff Brussels carpet, for which un owner is wanted. Was sore. It was my Angelina’s'old mam, and be brokeup the match. Again I laughed myself out of a position in a bank, and- but. for the same failure I should to-day have a place in the Custom-H Ne when Isee sman-fail I ask his name and. find outif be has auy intluence to put mo.uutof my clerkship. If be tas, [ look solemo and pass on. If he uasn’t, I la-laugh—ba! ba! hat it! Jones can’t do. me any harm, and ha! hot ha! hal month's sal—b: louse. I have learned wisdom, Now © jones 1s I wouldn't havo missed this for a ‘ha! ha!” THE CRIMINAL RECORD. Latest Reports from the Police Sta- tous. ‘The West Madison street police are very. de- sirlous of heariag immediately trom the maa who was assanited and rubbed of a scal cap last Thursday night near the Indiann,street viadnet. Charles Schumann, driver of 2 coul wagon, is Street Station, seven yards of! W. M. Monroe and Lawrence Keliy are locked up at tho Chietgo Avenue Statfon charged wita, Picking up io the streets and trymg_to dispose of a horse whieh bud s ed Crogi Mr. Bloum's stable, in the rear of No. HSSedzwiek street. Hannah Johnson borrowed Delia Barrett's - ring tondorn herself for a ball, and failing to return It Delia yesterdny caused her arrest for larceny ng batlee. Uannat says the geatioman who escorted ber home tock the ting from ber finger end has faited to return It. > Canute Boe is under arrest at the. West Chi- > cago Avenue Station, charged with the larceny of about $30 worth of clothing and silk hend~ kerehiefs from Jutius Salninger’s tailor-shop, at No. 11243 North Wells street, where he was em- ployed. The property sas "recovered by Otfcer F. Smith at Fleming's pawnshop on North. Halsted street. : William Garry, of No. 793 Fulton street, while walking along near the corner of Twelfth street and Asblead avenue, was assauited and robbed of $5 cash: by two young thieves names of James Powell and Hugh 5 were arrested Shortly after the robbery by Ofi- cers Fugate and McMahon of the Hinmai Street Station. ving the (ugh; whe a A young man giving the name ot J.S. Steam. who, though he represents himself to be a drug- gist by occupation, is undoubtedly a sional thier, whom the police will sooner.or later identify, was yesterday arrested at: the jewelry. store of fl. F. where he had shoplifted about $60 worth of jewelry. One of the clerkg who noticed the theft siznaied the A. D. 'T. man, and Officer DeGroot, wooresponded, mada the arrest. ‘profes: Hahn, No. 157 Franklin’ street. ice for a police- A young man giving the name of Owen Dolar.’ was picked up in the streets early morning by Ollicer David Bat his possession a large parcel of bills. and pupers. belonging to Woolruif & Trunkes. co chants nt Lake street bridge. ‘In the morning ib * was uscertuined that their office been tered during the night by burglars who broke, panel out of tho front door, and who, after vain~ iy ester *, who found in:~ mer. en- ransacking the otfice for valuables, malicious |: Jy carried off a lot of pipers of no value-to acy” Dut the owners. found tho papers. Dolan now claims to bare men, us work cun be done through Chollar & Noréross, the shaft of which Hale & Norcross is part owner. © ATE Set up on the site of those destroyed. AT YOUNGTOWN, 0. Younesrows, O., Jan. 15.—At 4-o'clock this morning a disastrous fire occurred at the Valley Mill, Thomas Davis, tho fireman, while passing over a gas-trench, dislodged one of the plates covering it, and was provipitated Into the flames, almost roasting him alive, A fellow-workman rescued him, and he wus sent home, but it is not. believed that he can survive. The flames com- municated to the boiler-nouse, and, being a frame structure, was burned before the firemen could suve it. It covered twenty boilers, each. twenty-four feet long, and all but two of them are totally destroyed. No explosion occurred, and the only person injured was Davis. The loss is: placed at $10,000, and the mill will be idle until new boilers can be put in, The Joss is fully covered by insurance. = . AT NORFOLK, VA. Norrork, -Va.,. Jan. 15—Noov.—One of the wharves and freight storehouses of the Old Dominion, Steamship Company is now burntag. Thealarm was sounded about half an hour ago, but before the engines could reach the scene nearly the entire shed was enveloped in flames. From the opposit wharf lurge quantities of cat- ton could be seen, all of which will be destroyed, together with what miscellancous freight could nat be gotten out before tho heat became so in~ temse. At this writing the excitement is ‘so great that parCiculars cunnot be obtained. The fire is now under control, and the steamer | which was lying nt the dock is safe. The loss will probably reach $30.01. AT MINOOKA, ILL. Mrxnxoora, IIL, Jan. 15—The elevatorof A. K. Knapp caught fire yesterday morning at about 10 o'clock, but there being no fire-engine it was soon evident that the building with its.contents could not be saved. The elevator: contained | ard Goods. GROCERIES. LIQUORS, &c. NEW LOCATION, . 79-81 State-st. JOBBER IN. GROGERIES, WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. Merchandise in original pack. {ages sold at the lowest market,’ quotations of exch day for. Stand. Grocers, Hotels, Res«.- taurants, .and Large. Consumers,’ are requested to note quotations:: SUGARS. H.&E. Cut Loaf, in brls, agout' 200 ths.i0°3-8° Powdered OTB ths tO Ex.Fize Granulated “* “* 950 Ihs,9 15-10 | ExStand’ga “975 ths,$ 9-18 | White, 6 "300 ths, 85-8 Hew Oneans “€ «,"300,7-4toTE2 COFFEES.. Mandedling Javan mats, 65 1b.27 3-4 ta 284-2: idsovt G5 65:6.25° 1026 2,000 bushels of shelled cord, 5,000 busnels of Shsut sd osls oF ace, ose 1a Frimte “ Golbal. . 1028 the whole villaxe would bo consumed by are. | Aradian Macha in quarter : AT TOLEDO, ©. ToueDo, O., Jan. 15—The residencé of Ed- ward Suder, florist, and five’ greenhouses ad--. joining, together with their contents, were de- stroyed by fire to-day. Loss on buildings and’ contents of residence, $10,009; insurance, $9,000. Loss on contents of greenhouse among which were many rere end valuable specimens, will reach $19,000 more, on. which there is no-insur- ance. NEAR LIMA, WIS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. WarrewaTer, Wis., Jan. 15.—The house of William Cleveland, situared seven uiiles south- west, in the Town of Lima, was burned at an early hour this morning. Losa about $2,500. In- sured inalocal farmers’ company for $1,200. ‘The house caught fire from a chimney. : AT PATERSON, N. J. Parersos, N. J., Jan. 15.—A serious fire broke out this evening in the extensive silk dyemg works of J. Weidman &Co.,on Paterson street, thiscity. The damage to the bulldiige, which are new and very extensive, was not very heavy? put there was a serious loss on the stock of sili in process of dyeing. = CONFLAGRATION. d Durway,.N. C., Jan. 15.—Twenty-two stores burned to-day. ‘This is the third large fire sinco Dee. L aie ——* . IN CANADA. es ‘DRESDEN. Ont., Jan. 15.—AL MeVean’s hub and spoke factory burned last-night. Loss, $25,000. <r Fauljless Minn, Patent, Suen, A Porky Story. ac." Wall Street Duily News. Arabian Mocha in b8 Ex. Fine Golden Rio, in Fancy Green Rio, Inbags about Choice Rio, Inbags ab’t 135 1b, 14 Fair Rio, In bags about 130 Ib, 13 3-4 to 14 Butter and Cheese: ie ral Buiter, ln tubs about 60 Ibs., 0 346, Cholce Creamery Butter, In fabs about 60 Ibs.. Choice "20 to 240, : Dundee Creamery betel hae tn at Full Cream Cheese, about 45 Cream Cheese, about 45 Ib, Half-skliined Cheese,ab't 401b., 9 bales about TO, MARE! bales about 35lb, i 135 Ib, 16 4 to 1634 to.l6 H2- to 44 hags about (35h, (6 3] to 36c, Lee a Butter, { tubs about 50 Ibs. h, (31-2 to Hae. 2 to #30, - io Ile, - FLOURS. Archibald's’Eftra New Process, pertrl” per brl.$8,25._ per bri, 8.00 - ihis very day seventeen sears ego. res | O00) Boss‘! ‘* per bel. 8,00 i eat, een ae | Sana as per br, 7.50 berrel of ‘pork tweat for leand bouaneit at | Plant's Entra St, Leals Wing Wheat bri, 7.25 ome prion, Tromember this particular ship- | poi eaten toad! Beg. ment because a curious mistake was made.” “Well, I counted the barrels at the depot my-~ self, and there ahi! only 0, When there should have been an evdti thousand, Men were ready to roll the barrels into the freight-cars, and to make my number good I tvok ten barrels of lard from a stock ready to shipto Bultimore, They mixed in all right, and of course I expected to pay for'em. A whole day: went by before I saw the owner. ‘These were stirring thmes, you re- member. Hehad found himself short, and he cribbed ten barrels of beef to make ‘his number of barrels, and: hustled the shipment away. Xnd who did the beef-man crib from?" “Well, his beet was for the soldiers, and be mado biinself good by buying three barrels of vinegar, two of crackers, and stealing five bar- Fels of apples trom a lot in tue depot. ™ Ane ro any furt Sos. he ost curious thing of alpwas that the man I took the lard from sued thenan who tolo the apples, and got judgment against him forthe worth of tho lard, and none of the rest of us were out a cent.” He Waited to Laugh. + mid-forenoon terday, 8 man who Was crossing Woodward avenue, at Congress strest, suddenly begun to paw the sir with his hands and perform divers strange antics with bis feet, and,after taking plenty of time about {t,he came down ina heap. More than fifty people saw the performance, and there was a general laugh. It had not yet ceased when s man with a funereal podntsnante: pushed his way into the wd and asked: 5 oR Who ts be—what’s bis nsime?” “It's Jones.” answered & voice. “What Jones?” “Thomas Jones.” “Sure?” Yes, 've known him for over twenty years.” “Then i'l tqugh,” sald the solemn-faced man, and he leaned againat the wall and chuckied and laughed until be could hardly get his breath. ‘One of the crowd remarked on his singular con- duct,and the laugher wiped the tears from his eyes and replied: . “Gentiemen, nothing tickles me allover so much as to see a man fail down. Ten yeara ago Iwas salesman in a wholesale house, with a fine chance for promotion. One day 8 man just abead of me fel! down and I laughed. It was our old man, and he di me on the spot. Five years later { was engaged to a rich ail As “Castle Mills, Quine Wisconsin Pat. Pennsylvania Pat. “* “2 -prle6,00- hi Ba bi, 6.00: ile Buckweat, new process, Soaps and Starch... P, & 6. Mottled German Soap,601b.box,$3,15 . Rin Mati tema S38 ID.per bor, 3,00 Babbitt’s Best Soap, 100 Royal Lump Starch, 40-Ib. box, per box,* 2.20 ° Brilliant Starch, box about 44 1b, ‘ Kingsford’s Oswego Gloss Starch, 6-Ib.bores, 50 Erkenbrecker’s RoyalGloss ‘* 6-Ib.hoxes, 40° ars, per box, 5,25. 1 Hams and Lard. :. H. Phillips’ Sugar-cured Hams, per Ib..10.1-2 ” Dupee’s oo perl per Ib, ed Lard {n 20-h. wooden buckets, $2.15 a |: | nF) Cann'd Vegetables: : Standard Tomatoes, 3-Ib, case, 2 doz, $2.65 - Erie Tomatoes, 3-tb. case, 2doz. * 275 Cicero Com, 2-ib, case, 2.doz. Erle Comm, 2-Ib, casa, 2 doz. ' Standard String Beans, 2-Ib,case, 2 doz. 2.20". White Wax ve Beans, 2-Ib, case, 2d0z.2,60 Pie Peaches, 6-l.cans, Idoz, - $2.00 fo 2.0-- Boyer’s Table Peaches,3-Ib. cans, 2 doz, 4,00 © (LHL SLACK, Jobber, 2.90. 3.60: 2 : a a rman tn tcarnnetlne Lates.—Further examination shows that the i Joss. by .the bursting of the Hale & Norcross a 5 holsting-works will not exceed $50,000. ‘The ma- : } io chinery is found to be but little injured. The , z “ Consolidated Virginia's hoisting-works will be B 1 j $