Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1881, Page 6

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, (FEBRUARY BREAKUP. " | PO Tundred Blocks of Housey Flooded in the Cily of New Orleans. U b pprehension that the Whole City Will Be Under Water IR To-Night. { the Bridges and Telegraphs J ( of Kansas Falling, Be= & fore the Watert ntinued Torrents of Raizn Devas- ; tating the Pacific Coas t— { Snow Up North, ,i\ ;hipping' Badly Damajged on 7 the Coast of Wlorid a— The Ocemn. ! the Mischief Which the Freezing 't Rain Did in the City of h Chicago. — fires Dragged to the Elarth and i Entangled in an Inexirica« } ble Maze. i s deviled with Tnnu.uerable B Crosses. . Why Are Not the Gutters® ¥ g Cleaned Out? THE FLOODS CAME. AT NEW |NEW ORLEANS, Lt ¥eb. 7—Tho crevasse 1n 10 new and old cannl levees subtueryes nearl ¥ Il that portion of tho city west of Broad street, - ‘otween the cunals, and all west of John trbet and nortk s far na Ursulino streot. With- 2 this Inst-mentioned district, embracing 100 4 ~ Junres, the strects and sldownlks nro entirely i ‘overod with water, Great efforts aro making I 'y the authoritics to close the brenks in tho ¥ "anal tovees. Notwithstandiug, tho water at all £ jojnts 8 rislug. Sheel rond, trom tho_new lako nd to tho Haltwny ouse, 15 two feet under ., vator, Ovef #00 fonces nro blown down, and "1ig oof of tho nbrth ond of Drydras Market was ‘arried away. Morgau's wharf, ut tho foot of Eaplanade ‘treet,is soverely dumaged, proventing tho ferry rom runnlng, The roof of the wing of tho Jtate-1louse In which arc tho olllces of thy Su- jarinteudent of Biueation and Commissiontr of miniyration, was blown ol and the records re- ORLEANS, wed a wetting. | Alglors suffered terribly, nearly every feneo it tho town belug blowndown, also smoke-sinels and roofs, A houso building on Vallatte strect ‘was blown to pleces. | Tho signal oflicer reports threntening weather, with Drisk casterly winds, which will bave the effect of foreing woro water nto tho ecity fronf the Luke and Guif. Tho . jwater in tho renr of the city is rising and apreads ing rapidiy. Indications nre that by Tucsduy ‘noonuil of tho clty west of Clnlborne streot, “{from Carrollton to Elysinn Flelds street will be ‘submorged, . New Onurans, Feb, 7.—The storm yesterdny ., yns tho benviest recorded: at this slgnal oflice, Tho cautiondry-signal tlag displuyed nt the Cus~ . ‘tom Houso was torn to pleces, Soveral breaks 'aro roported I thio loves along Buyou St. John ‘nnd tho ol bitsist. Thls morning witer {8 pour- “fog through tho Freneh Murket,ing that quarter 1af the city I8 partly flooded, * | Thewater wlong tho line'nf tho Moblle Rall- ‘rohid {8 much higher to-duy, withyindiestions that {tho entire roud-bed from Michiu toLookout {Ktation wiil by submerged. Tl steamer Com- ‘olla left tho West Lind for ity 5t. Louds, snd will ‘convoy the pussengers ut the Loulsvillo & Nushe 1+ villoTtoad to aud frons that paint. No teadn his ;- ‘passed over tho xond since el Hug. Several thentrien) comy thy 1 brenk on the Mobile ltond. Among thein, VFunon the Bristol and ), K. Emuot’s com- ipany. Lotta und Oliver Dotd IByron are pre- + vented from lenviug the eity by the snmu eause. PEEEmCSR PR TSI TR | KANSAS CITY, MO. 1 ' Bpeefal Dispateh to Tha Chicago Lribunes i KANSAS City, Moy, Fetn T.—=Tho beavy rain of Saturday night and Sunduy eaused w great freshot throwtghout this scetlon of tho country, + and nuwberfess washouts on tha saifronds sre ,{Teported. The Sunta F6 hetween Kuusus,City and Topeku Is hpassuble fn consequenco of tho .} washing away of bridges, snd nli freight tenlng oomo by way of Lawronee und tho Kunsas City, i Lenvenworth & Sonthorn ltoad, ,Thoe pussenyger .| teatns run over tho Kunsa Pacitlo track from i ‘Wopeka to thls city, All of Sunduy < and At nlzht the water In tho Kaw | Ttver continved to vlse, and this morning “!ino cast pler of tho new bridue neross thut 1 stronmn, consisting uf two tubnhiue fron colimng, § Kave way, and two sprns of tho bridgoe fell lnte ¥ the river. The bridgo cost §20,000, uud tho loss Cwill be about S50, It vl Lo repalred + finmediately, Atono thme thd gorge ot thiek feo pluced the Kunsas I'nelfic bridgo fn great s danger. A new dredge-bont, with oxpensive +f | muchinery, was demotstied nod i3 1w totul foss, o Tho rapld vise In the Missouri KRiver wlarmed tho peopls of Tlurlen, obpos &it thls city, and many moved to this side forenfety. The ratn beigover no furtherdim- +1 mgeds upprebended, Grewt dumnge bus loen | dono to tie Atebison, Topeki & Suntn F6 rond- o bed, Heavy storms uod freshets feom melted + #now fu Colurndo nud Southiwestern iKnnsas hnyvo i guused serlous delnys on the Santu Fo Ruad. No | train s arived fromglueilo since Wediesdiy. It will bo same duys Vefore tho water will sub- At smnll 1 slde and the track bo put in repalr. 1] station west of Surgout govornl tous of il sud B oxpreas muttor nee deluyod, and apwards of W0 passengers are boarding ut the expense of the railroad company, w GREAT DAMAGHE. Bpectat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribungs - TOPEKA, Kus., Feb, T.~Tho ruln of lust night 1. and two preceding doys hus done great dainngoe hereaboits. Tho raflrond bridge at EH & portion of the rallvond bridge near Tecumseh, on tho Atchison, Topekan, &Suntn 19 Rallrond, + worg swepl away, nnd trains on that rond trom ~Kansas City wero foreed to eomo over tho Unlou .} Pacliio track. T'wo spius of the fine fron bridge . #t Bt Mary's were nlso carrlod uway, The tele- graph Hnes bnve sustained unusonl dumuge, 0 twolve Wosteru Unlon wires between Topelin aud Kansus City, on hotl 4 o0t 1o river, not ono remalny, tho polea wd wives by many plices bayiog been waslied duto the riy At 4 o'clock thiy moarnng the jea in tho Kunsus River ylelded to the maln and thinw, and hu oakes began tontlng down-stream, breaking oway the Bupports 1 tho bridice-house ut this point and rendering the beldge dangorous. The water 8 entirely over tho fstind, buving ruleod about ten fect during tho night, Tho viver I8 * higher than for many_yeurs, and the fce-llon 18 tho must extensive ever known tn Kunsas. Wost + of hero the damayge hus been great, four miles of ratlrond track beyond Gronla bolng threo Teot undor wat und tho bridge ovor the fure gatorie liver washed vut, CALIFORNL s i iy i Ban Fnanewsco, Fev. 7.—Dispatches from 'l poitsinth central und northern parts of tho fj BState say thut the rain thut begun kst night s extundiug, though the tull 5o fur {4 nut beavy, Thore will bo 1o dungerof nn - overtiow in the " Sacramento and San Jonquin Valleys unless n warin raln falls on the high sfurras, whore there are fnmensy deposits of suow, I Sucru- mento Valley tho waters ure fuliing, and the . worst 13 thought 1o be over. Muny steamers ure plylng overihe submerged plains tuking off people and stock, The latter bud congreguted " on kuolls and in-barns, und oven in somo “i1. Sngtances etunding in stnltow wator. Tho stock =i}, wigs comparatively safe untll 8 strong wind bes a'} g to blow yesicrday, wien the wash becamo Hscrous. | Au yeL Ut Tow Cuses of 1oes Of bus £ puus HG wr Fuported; UL wocuulis wro coming es hiere and there i the uyarfiowed go tions whore peopie were drowned, il the e greunte, when known, will be conshderable, Thero has heen no communieation with the northorn seacoast conntles for two weeks, BAN FuaNcisco. Feh, T—A dlspatel frong Reddlng saya that. all the buftdings ot (he United States Mahery on MeClond Itiver havo bopn cnrried pweay by the Into storms. The Toss wlil bo very great, RN RIVERS, S7. Lowis, Mo, Feb., 7.—Information {8 re- ceived here that Gosconnde and Osngo Iivers and other Southern tributaries of tho Missourl nre pouring out great quantities of water, and risimg mpfdly, and stemmbontmen look for n break-up here nbout Wednesday, The fee bes tween tho harbor proper and Arseni! Ialand s befiyr blnsted and broken wp, and it 1s_expeeted fhirss Wil b elonr passnge from the hridge for twenty or thicty mmlles below the eity by to-nieht. or to-morrow, “T'his, it 18 believed,” will render steambont property now in the harbor safe, or neatly so, At ull events, §t will enable steay ors thsecnre tho most favorablo i of shel- fer when the break comes nhove the bridgo. ELRITART, IND, Spectal Dispateh ta The Chicagn Tribune, ELKIART, Tnd., Fel, T.—=A stect-storm hns been going on here sinéo early this mornlvg, The Etreets are unsafo for foot-travelers, Horses unshod are very mueh tried. The telegenph wircton the Luke-Shore Raflway are fia bad condition west. Should tho starm keep wp for he sight 1t will be the source of wreat e, Tve fu the strentus {8 rotting wind may move nny motient, cfal Dispatch to The Chicago Tritune, LAFAYEITE, Il Foli =1t hegan 1o raln here atan eneiy hotr this moruing, continaimg atll day. The gronnd 63 coveved with few, nid tho water, unablo to sonk nway, i standite (0 poofs, overtlowing eellurs, ete, “TFortitnutely the rain hns been gentle; a furd showe r woulil do ineal- culuble dumnge, ’ SOUTII BLGIN. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribunes SotTh Evaiy, 14, Feb. 7.—It rained heronbont all night last alght, and it is st raintie, | Dues Inir tho nischt tho rain froze wihen it foll and ns n conseanence tho trovs, shrubbery, fonces, 6te. arn heavily covered with ive, tho weight of which 18 llkely to break down and destroy many smul} trees nnd branches of lnrge ones, “Chis 13 ;hfi first rafn we bave bad hero since early lnst [l MADISON, WIS, MADp1soN, Wis,, Feb. %.—A sudden change in tho temperature took plnce abont midnight fnst night, ut which timo n light rain commenced faliing, and eatly this morning It was followed Ly quite n heavy enow-storm, which contluued uatilabout 0 o'elock, when It commenced rain- ing ngaly, and nt this hour (12 o'clock) Is still rulning. A gonern) breakeup 18 probable, BREAKING U, CEDAR RAPIDS, T, Feb, 5.—Thero 18 n general bronking-up in lowa, probubly a delayed Jan- uary thaw. Rain communced falllng yestorday, and contlnued until noon to-day. The snow is lenving rapidly, Thero has been no traln through on uny divislon of the Burlington & qu;ur Rapids Itidlwoy north of here since Sut- urdiy. ELGT 1L, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. GeNeva, L, Feb, 7.~During Sunday night tho temporature modernted over 20 degrees, and to-day the wmereury tndieates 5 ubove, with o stendy drizziing raln and warm southensterly wind. Tha suow I8 fast disap; unrlnr. and, If tho rainfall continues through theo night, the ice in Fox Itiver will bo rotted beyond use, TIE PACIFIC COAST. BAN Fraxcisco, Feb, 7.—A Stockton dispnteh stiys nll the Isiands of the San Jonquin Rtiver covered with water to n grenteror less ex- temt, ns 1s the mala lnd (n the Jower porton of )10 river. 'This morning 1L i cainlng again all ‘X;{K{A‘lm northern und central portions of the OREGON HAN Franasco, Feb., =N\ dispateh from Portland says the destructlon of live stock by the recent floods i3 very heavy. fn Yukam County the loss amounts to 80 per cent. Is Waseo County to K per eent, und i tho section east of tho Cnscade Mountaing tho loss is unprecedent- wdly heavy. GENERAL DAMPNTSS. WASHINGTON, eh. T.—Light snow wns roport- od in Minnesotn and Wisconsin, und heavy snow at Fort Gurry, Man.; light raln fa Llinols, from Chleago to Cidro: in lowa, Indlann, Kousns, Kentueky, and Tennessee elear weathor was ex- <ceptionnl. ALABAMA, Momuy, Feb. 7.—There were henvy storms Sunday and suveral wasbouts on tho New Or- Jeans & Molillo and Mobile & Montgumery Rouds. alng nre siapended. Tho wires are down nearly overywiazre. NO DELAY. MInwAukEy, Feb, T.—Tho great starm |n the Northwest has not serlously interferesdwith Wis- consin rallways, raing have been delayed to- +diny but gHghily TITE TLORIDA COAS) PENSACOLA, Fla,, Feb, 7.~Tho heaviest gule for years prevalls. Thore 8 much dnmage o shipping. COLD WEATHER. PHE NOWCIWEST, Bpecial Diepateh to The Chicagn Tribune. 1. 1'Au, Minn, Feb, 7.—Coatrary tonvery ex- pectation, tho snow blockude throughout the Northwest1s ot yet broken, The storm that censed yesterduy morning biegan neain o tho alt- crnoon, and such work of elenring thoe ratironds a4 hind been undertaken had to b nbandone Po-day tho Itiver Division of tho Chicngo, Mil- Iwaukeo & Bt aul Jond wis th only one open, The Mluneapolls &8t Louls 18 making every elfort to cienr the tracks, and has two snow- plows, with three engines cach, werking both ways [rom Albert Lea, on tho Fergus FPabls Di- vigion ot the Bt Paul, Minoneavohs & Munitobn Rtond. No tralus have movedsineo Friday night. A tenln was sent ont on the Hreekineldire Divise fon this norning, with lnstructions 1o go to Dis- soll, If possiblo, The Hustings & Dikoti and the Southern Minnesots e vut of sight, Even the short line between Minncnsolls St. Paul - was completely dlsaeranged by tho snow-drifls thiy l)llll‘l‘hlfi, and o trnfn paesed over the line untll noun, The storm hus beaten the mensory of tho oldest fn- labitunt, und {1 still continues to threaten, Thy lockude whl doubtless contlnng for somo tine vet, The dump wenthor packs tho snow ih so imm u8 to vestst tha elorts of the annw-‘-lu\v, and, fhoukd eold. wonther suceoed, thore s no knowlig whon the frozeu dreifts cun he cut through nor how Aulering trom ok of fuel iy onane. Tt s radnuge to-night, hut iy Do bitterly colil by worntug, 18 tho moreary s Hkely 1o drop front {0 wbove 1o 40 below 2er0 In n few houra, BATURDAY'S SNAT, Spectal Dispateh 0 The Chedon Tridune, BATTLE CREER, Mlch, Fob, Te=lor threoe daya we were treated to nvesitable blfzzard, which culminated Baturduy in the coldest weathior yot experionced hero thls winter, tho thormometor Indicating from 24 to 2 helow zero. ALl hopos of pench nnd slmilac crops nve_gone. Fho anuw b8 th (dritts from five tocloven feot deup, uml slolghing i8 much obstructed IDAIIO TERRITORY, BAN FrANcisca, Febn T—A dlspateh from Boise City, Iduho, states thnt a snow-siido near Gulen, {0 that "Tepritory, ono day in tho latter purt of Janaary killed Mercil ana Edward Kelly, brothers, o mnu nunod Slotte, and an. athor named Casey, The Kelly brothors were from Pittsburg, Un NOSTON. Sperial Dispates to The Chicago Tribune. Boxroy, Muss,, Fob, T~The Boston & Albany Rafirond has 2600 frelght curs cmpty on its slde tracks waiting until the connecting roads, which ure still Llogked by the recent starms, ean thika thom uway, Abodt 1,100 einpty ours Wero sont forward ono duy recontly, ‘Ilicothor thice linea #ro fu tho sumu predi DUBUQUE, TA, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Dunugue, Jan, f,—A terribfo wind, rain, and BUNW storm set In this morning, blowing down telograph Hues ang delaying tyains. For three duys 5o trafns buve pussed out of Waterloo, M GREGOR, TA. Bpectal Dispateh to Ths Chicago Tribunies McGueaon, La., Feb, 7.—Thu lowa & Minuesos 1 aud lowys & Dukotn Divisions of the Chleago, Mllwaukte & Bt Puul Rullway are still block- aded with snow. No tralns to-day, LONG BRANCH,. Losa Brasen, N. Y, huavy bero thut people walk out 10 seu 200 yurds. The oceun pler I8 hudly damuged by lee, THE SIGNAL SERVICE, OryiCE OF THE CIIER BIGNAL O¥vicen, WAsn- 34030, D, U, Fob, 81 oon~For Leoncsico ! A . Wi nud the Obfo Valley, silghtly warmer, clowdy, iy weather, suuthorly winds iy tho eastern yortton, Tower haramoter, For thy Lower Lake rogfon, warmer, elauds, ralny weathor, sontherly winds, falling barom- et The reports from the Upper Loke reglon, Up- l\l'r Missisalppi and Lower Missouri Valleys, and feifle Coast ave generally tisaing, Tho rivers will generally rlse, Cautionury sipnals continue at Milwattkee, Grand Haven, and Ladington, LUCAL OINERVATIONS, [RYIXII [ 1w i, | Weatner (1, rdn, L min, SJAFOICLEr carrerted fof (Omperntire, of At fiedranientnd veror wean - thermomoter, iy, SLA i, it od on nhemunieter eupm, whd' it fatled HILAT ONSEILCATION piea s, Keb, =111 . m, Wind, en! e Alrona, Muaoriio: Calro, Glieyaini, Bunver. es Mo Mdlanupolis, o CHICAGO CITE WIRES. ‘Tho telegraph nnd telephone lines stopped wuny rafudrops in tholr deseent, and the water congealed na soon as It struck thein, conting the wires with fee, tho thickuess of which Inereased until, I Bone instanees, it'was (olly three quarters of an Inch. The result ean be easily fmnghied. lletween 6 and 7 o'clock fn the oven- ing tho wires wore 5o heavy that individunlones begnn to snap, and whero thero wers mnay onn **fixture™ tho rick was upset, nud hopeless con- fuslon and tangies cnsued. And the poles in tho structs began to tumble, Hy I o'clock over 150 complufuts had been made nt tho Amerl- can Distriet oflice, fully O wires 'of tho el Telephone Company wero on tho ground, the Western Unfon lnd no direct counection with New York, Milwaukee, Omnha, and many othier points, the Amerieun Unlon was unable to enll Detrolt and places beyond Valpuraiso, ind., on the Fort Wayne ftond, and the Atlantio & Pucltle could not rench New York or Clucinutl, Lines were down on the outskirts of the cliy, and those still up worked badly on recount of the sleet which fncumbered them. Tho tefe- graph cowpanies, particulurly the Western Union, did not do half thefr usund dafly busis nues, and the other two companles were unublo to handle nl the dispatehes offered them,—hud tosay “no’ to peoplo who enme In with thom. Antl tho messages that were tnken for the cltivs numed bad to be teansmitted in a roundubout way over lines burdened with their own distinet business, whieh, of convse, had the proferenve, and poor “thne” was mado In ding. ‘Flic autlook at one tine was very bad, and the managers of all tho eompanltes felt relloved when tho weathor Legun to modorito and the fee to medt, Huwd the cold conttnued, tho losa would have bheen vory heavy Indoeds us it was, 1ho eost of repulring tho dnmnge will be consid- erabie,—probably 10,000 or £15,000. Tnquley at the dliferent otlices and cfsewhore brought out the followlug facts: TIE ATLANTIC & PACHIO COMPANY were bothered n good deal by the sleet, and were cit off from New York and Cinclinaii for a tlme; but, while busiuess to other polnts was tempararity Interfered with, nearly all tho lines wero Inofieeation during the atternoon, Tha worstlflenlty swas from crosses caused by tho breaking of telepbone wires, TIE WINES OF THE AMBINCAN UNION were tu protty goud stiupe when buasiness opened in the moralug, but by noon xome wosldn’t work nt afl und many othors were * slow,” There e ot fuw brenks—one between hers and Vatparalgo, Il aod another on the Detrojt Hne—and severnl crosses, bt communieation kept up with all polnts by switehing In roundatout llnes, No teoublo was experienced trom the telephone-wires, The peeuninry loss wid sndl,—not wore thun (1 nn ordipary storin, S Wo have been very luck il Munungor Vigus, ** and the interruptions are hardly worth woatlontng.” i WESTERN UNION, having tho greatest mitmber of wires suifered more than the othees, Thobe greatest Tronulo wis I lown, whe Ul tholr lines were nore or less out of ord little or nothing cotild he done nlong tho route of the Northwest- ern, all the pules and wires west ot Des Moines Delug down, Al on the Reck Isinad and Bur- Hngion & Quiney Honds the fines wove in almost uf courso us bud eandition, Hut cedies and men were outt, wind 1L was hoped to get srersthing in or by night, Suow and rain terforal sorfously with the working of tho wires which remained Inteet, The Milwnukes lines wore ln bid shaypo, nnd comumunlention was b times suspended, Litrla trouble, oxeept ut ono polnt, was exper enced 0 this vity, thougl therd were some e N telephone wires, Fe exeep- anty-socond and - Arnold where w bupel of lell wives op thuso of the Western Union nko und Jumbled thenn, Outsile of the eity, enpeeinll Euglewood, many i ess, 1 een the hmitsand that po Doles wees down, ind tho wires tep ! D, 1t wus this mishop that stint out New York wud other Eastern polnts. The gold wikl stovk wives wouldn't work at tho start, but wero nll rlght l!f 1Loeluek, A Slively timo " was nntic- ipated Iy and ihout tho clty, and five gangs of ropulrers were ordered herd to repide tho lines; 80 by to-day, owlig to tho really NEto tnmngo dono, everything will doubtiess Do us it was Sut- uyduy night. TIE AMEBICAN DINTRICT COMIPANY had somo vexutlons Inteccuptions to buslaess, ehielly duo to the breaking ot individual wires. One pole, however, with nbont 100 wires on it near tho corner of Twanty-kecond stroet and Indlnnn avenun, toppled over, and resulted inn mUstuEe of Jncs,—tennk and ndividind,—cut= ting off fora tme the commuiention of tho Busithorn part of tho city with tho Twenty-see- ond streot atlice, [t wig sLrnighitenod up within anhour by guy ropes. A jurge tetegrapht poles on tho corner of "T'wenty-11Tth strect nid Cottago G e uvenuao was broken off, nud thrown Bonvily ngninst tho hiilding near by, Tho wires turn from the pyenuu down Pwenty-fifth streot at this polnt, aud this pole belg tho pivet, ns it were, o which they twened, vould not stund tho heavy #traln. - Tho wires, about thir o number, we billy uixed up, Thres poles 61 the coraer of North ayenue und Clark street also enme down with n nitimbor ot 8, aind thors wery vornl hrenks of ins dividuul wires on thy Boveral cross- lug the house No. 1 Park avenuo also broke, and tho_proprietor reported to the polico that he had fears—hoppily groundless—for tho sufety of bis chlmnoeys, Bteny wires wore broken innil parts ot tho city, and the Huesmen weroe sy nll dey looking after thom, 1y noon over 10 compliints ad breen mnds by submerlbers, whe wanted to tulk but conldn't, A break ne Mudlson wnd Green wtreots threw twenty-fvoe ont, tho broken wires gettug tangled” with lon wits streets, 0t feit andt uthors, and venderlig then useless, Thore were i good mnny broken wires and crosacs on the “yeafs of - buililings down town, It the worst trouble was in tho suburbs, whero the wind, by anm‘x thu wirts togetlior, Kept tho nstrumoent belis ringing and mado talking (mpossiblo, A fow of tho wites were broken by the welight of the aluut on thens, bt no polla fell, Al the avatlably re- privers were kent Liusy durlug the day, and My, “irman suid all the fines would bo warking by this ufternoon, 116 could give no estimate of tho pecnnlary Asuinge, THE DELL TELEPHONE COMPANY aufferod cousiderably, fully 500 of tholr wires Dubigs ethior down ur' usvless, Tho lines began 1o give wuy between 8 and 7 intho un»rnlnr. st ane and then unothor, und oceasionully o bunch, A lilgh polo bearing Clghty wires, ut the cornoe af''wenty-sccond und Arnold strovts, snapped at the plies whero it bud_beon spllced, the wires fulling on_thoso of tho Westorn Unlon aud Athuitle & Paeltic stretehed beneath, and kg n wost exasperuting mixturo, as the wires tund to ho eut befurs (hoy could bo sepe nrutod. This misforiuno, ROWOVer, Wi exceml - ed by’ wnother at tho corner of Binker un Halsted stroets, whero i pole with * 160 wires broku I two, cittig off tho flsted streot, Stock=Yards, und ‘fwenty-rocond strcot districts from duwn town. ‘Lherd was also n brouk ine volvhuy forty wives ut No. 151 Mudison street. - T latter occurred on v % Hxtire't on the roaf or the bullding, Auother ruck ut tho corer of Stute mnd_ Randolph stroets, wih B3 wires, fell, and,of eonrxe, g0 many nsteaments wore ent out. fesldes thewe, over 10 wires on the roof of buildings snnpmed, mnd, - son rnl Supelesd with others and rendes 24, Two e three dngs atrafghthen ont all the wirca aid have 1hem n oprmition. About M will cover the el Compuny's logs, A riek on the Foller huilding, No, 41 Washing- ton atreet, swis broken slown by the jee, ind n portion of one of the tprights Tell on the sky- Ight, demoltshing Hehts of glnss worth fally £150. A Tmisesk reporter conld not find ot 1o whom this “fxtnre™ hedoes, FIE SEDDEN MODERATION OF THE WEATHER bly theen or fonr g —wis Vory fortn- nate, for, i the cold fnervaxed and the wind continued hl,nwmr hnm dumnge workl have reauited. With tilies e they were (o ot wits rlights It would hnve been e heavier than (it wis bt for tho superlur constevetion of thy Iines, which ave better e every way than thuse in athor eities, ‘The Western U T otttslde. the cfty was 80 grent—t s estimated at 2E2000— on aceount of tho ageduess of thoir pules, The speeinl mortallty anong the telephono wites {8 due o o foet that the wires of tho e fieem and commereind compufes (Wi inlon, o the Superintendent. sufd, we No, 9 wire, und Juvo n* brenkdige steenth A pounds, The telephone compinies use only No. 12 wire, which s o breaking strongth of but. I ponds, Auothier venson for tho greater norinlity nmome the telephons wires b the fact that whenover they ot tuhgled up with eithor Thy telegraph ov {lre-nhe the ltnesmen cut them without iy evremony—without —gnlig thromeh tho Juborlong and oftep very slow proce €A% of 1rying to disentnogle thom, TROUBLE WITIL TIE POLICK ALAIM WIRES commenced ns enrly na § o'eloek fu the morning, amd eontinued unpbated all day, During tho forenaott savoral dlnes In tha fresninen otlice wore eompletely openy and thero were npwards of o hundred Serossed ™ - vurlois portions of the l’l()‘\\vlllch perpetually bothered tho upers AND FIRE- ntnrs, Inexe furen of ropairers were bhard ot wark, and iy tho afternnen all tho fnes were under game eort of - control, nnd excepting the continual {nterruption from the *“erogses ™ It way thought that wn alurin from uny of the boxes conid b distingnishoid by tho uperator, It was very unee v however, ad to firnish qa comple 03 possible under the trying elrenmsinnees perintendent flnrrett recommended that closo watch for fires he kept from the enzine-houso towers, pid made extrn cidenyors 1o keep in good working order tho ™ talking lues,” 1 o, those used Tor conversational b 4 only, and connecting all tho englue-honses with the fire-ninvin otfiee, The pollee wires wi pajred as sapidly s possible, and somi telephone lines wero {r workitg orde tho dnuger of o tire gettlie under great head- way hefore nn alarm could be sent 15 was dueed s far ns posidle to minkuum, The repnirers ciiployed on elty Tines were greatly erblosed witi telophona wikes brenkiie i} hiunglng down upon the clty wives, nnd fn wany Instunees polea with fram ty ¥ to forty wires 0on them hind fullen in sieh i wiy as to tangle theso wires in an almest fnesiricablo masy with those of tho firc-nlarm rystens, ‘Tho telephone wire is about one-third lighter than and_presents proportionutely a Tho brenking point of the Tarmer 18 only pounds, or thererboues, and of tho latter nbont S pounds, nad when the wires nrg ohl and rusty they brenk atanuch lower tepsion, Tho trouble in the five-nlurin oflice, a3 [ tho telephonn oflices, does uot end piration ot freezime ruln, but {3 kept ssnntly for n week, or until all the lines are thoronghly ropulred o resteang fee proper shapr. No gerious interruption, however, s apt. to tuke plnee, sineo tho wires east off thoir eonts Ingz of fee, und thus relieved themselves of the burden which was go surcly working, their des struetion, Last night all the wires were though 10 be in working order, though tho *ero about inlt of which were still unrepuired, mndo frequent intercuptions. ‘The wires conticetlng the police stations wero out of order off and on all day, and stations sueh a8 [Hnmun Street and Webster Avenus had no communication with 1 Sttion during tho greator portlan of e duy Repniroes wers kept busy, and by nlght nearly nil the stutlons had been brought {nto conyminieation. There wins scearcely any dungor to be upprehonded in tho Depurtinent, for these outlying stations nro all nddoinhuz or ndjreent to firc-sngine honses, and the * indking wire®™ might have been used fn oo distressing emergency. Uhe wires of the police patrol aystem i the West 'T'welfth strect distriet, were greatly uffected, s onty o few of tho boxes were ' communicution with the Btation, ho systen jn the West Loko street district hns not yet heen put dnto work- Ing order, but tho storm bubly did as much daginge to tho wirca thiere ns elsowhere, superintendent Bavrett thindks tho storm better nrgument than words i supnort of recantmemlition ha hus so frequently made o tho City Councal to have the elty’s wires lajd un- dor growud, * 1nd swo our wires so plae suld he, we nleht hwve Inghed at tho stum, nnd 8 uprml our fingers at the telephone mpanivs which bavo tanglod us sud themselves up iuto sieh # bad mess.™ RAIN AND ICE Chieago i8 to be congratulnted upen having pulled through the severe ralu-storm of yuster- day with as little dmmage 18 was actunlly oe ensloned. Thero were contingencles tho hap- pening of which woulilh havo tude It i one or Lwo wirgs, one 0f Uy Most expensive ntorms which wo have had hero for years, Had it been u littlo eolder while tho rain was fulling overy one of tha wires compnsing (e fmmense wetallfo network which roofs the city would have wone ta the ground, und, hied the val hen o 1ittle henvier and continued a lttle looger, the amount of dumige caused by the general o Nowing and, perbups, by the hreaking up of the feo in the river and tho nmusmuwutswuc}»hla akoward of the stlpptng, would have heon sumothing quite incalealnle, Fho Fain which, bepn wbont 2 o'clock Monday morning and contined nntdl noon, fell at fiest very heavily, About 3 in the morning it de- seended I torrents, and sduring theeo hours thero fell about hall i eh, nn amaint far bo- youd ehe uverngo, (ppliy fLabnted nfter that, und finnlly degeneeated hnto a meve drizzie. ‘The rali found tho ity in a shocklog comdi=- ton=-i condition to which nttention wus ealled omo tinie ugo by T TEnuNs, whose warnlug, however, wits not tnken by the city suthovities, All tho putters uud ditches are cholked with suow and tee, nenrly )l tha xewer apotings were ctosed hermetically with the enme substunces; el 4 was no possible means for tho draine ngo of tho riin wml the welting snow und fee, It was a fortunato clecumstanes thnt thero was enough of Lt sHow ta nhserh un nmunse quantity of water, but It hud about reached fis ponit of anturation when tho enin tet up, Iid Iteontinued miteh fonger the amount of dam- ago done by the tooding of husements i tho centeal part ol the olty, and fn tho ontskicts would have been very grent. A8 THIE HAIN FELL duriug tho night [t froze wpon tho telegraph wires and the branehes ol 1o trovs, so that, when morning enme, both were completely ered with fee, and the Intter presentei o Kingu- Inrly bemititul appesrance, Nothing could huve been moro stelkding In 1t way thu tho sleht pro- ited to w person on @ fevel with 1ot thut. vast network al wired which crogs- o Lo Balle street vear Wushinglon, Al- WOSL 4 compuot nss of - frozon tor, 1t mora reseentited an foo gorea or o bridy than u colleetion of wires, Tho beautitul s, nearatce which the troea presonted in the nora- ng, however, wus no compiensation for th dutiago which was donu them by the heay welght, 'Whore were fow narts of the elty iy which mare or less damago was ot nttleted, Some [ Lincoln 'k were serlonsly mutited, and quite n number in the southort part of the Ull)'llll)l\ In tho suburbs, were scriously dam- aged, Porhnps ono of tho most pleturcsque spots wis - Indinng nyvenue from Cfwenty-sixth to Twoenty-ninth, Eithor side of this uvenne s Hued with_trees, which fn suniner complotely whade [ty \'uulunlu{ll hore hwinter keene. Tho trees were wrapped inanmntle of Bend- g under the ley floces the linhs bheeams fiter- locked und intorincod forming n canopy of frote work, | oukin; adown the thonmghe- fars . tho pleture dopleted | wua oo continuous wrbor — of jeo, almost tunnel of frost-work, As tho streot-ears pussed under this conopy, tho lmbs belng shaken, scattered, with plenteous bund, thelr myriud fey stalyeltes fn continuons atreams, Fifin ol the ear tops they created u din thut was both noyel nnd denfenlig. Along the Inhiana avenue street-enr lino the fracks were under water i many pinces, and the switches at the Interscotion of tho streets wero aut of sight, Tho dvivers wero obliged to drive very enrotully for feur af slipping off tho trick, and o conscquence the runniug tine wiis considorably lenginoned, TILE CONDITION OF TIIE KTREETS AND S1DE- WALKS yesterday was ahominabio, Owing to tho negil- #ence of eltlzens und the Indliference of tho y usithorities, the lust be ‘ SHOW Wils nut lonrod away, 1t got trampled down, half trans- formed futo lee, und the sidowalks were vovored with littio collegtions of leu varylue from nn inch 10 8ix Inchea ln hight, excecdlugly lrrogu- Iy Iy conformation, and very apt to telp people up, especlally whoin wet dawn by yestcrdun's rifng, ‘Tho hollows on the sldewalks wero (il with leo-cold water, and uny bf ko alluy- crossings wero juipnssable. Thorn was i oxit or tha water ulong the curb, aud, In_ some coses, thero were fromi three to five luchea of water covering thy entivo surfaco of tho alley, 'Tho streots wern sebmergud In somo places, and in others, where thoro was ne water, they were fitled with BhOW B0 suturated with Witer 18 (0 hu very neay wpiddle. Now that it 18 turning warn, tho fivst thing for all bustnvsiemen b tho heart of tha ¢ty 1o do §a to clewr off thefr sidownles, Thut i sometnlug which they and not the ity should attond o, 1y o litfle concert of effort on thelr l’"" all the sidownika can bo clewned this morns g, and tho watking, which (s now not werely disugrecablo but duligerous, can bo inade coui~ purntively safo. A juerchunt should bear I mind that, when his sldewwlk 13 in tho slisropatable coudition in - which muny ot thom aro dows towo, ho s cutting bis own throat and, “hurilng his own futerests, discourmgring s trade, und delving Peoplw ity fruin his shop. owlng o 1h sticer wipossibility und dunger q, el g thore, Mores over, s1neo tho city authorities nave perhaps no incifhtion, or purups jio sppronciution, 1t would b well for cach individun, s far o8 ho CRL, 10 clear Qub thy gyLser fn frout ol his siore, 1RS1I—TWELVE PAGES arunall, It iel I8 onee eut to the sewer mouth, no Bow nall 1t may be, the running water are b jtsell and Keepa an l'ulur)tm{x i il the entire acewmulation of jee Iy oelted nway. 1 COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC 11 the Jib WORKS ors ho conld senre up onerged enniig: (o gUIters ainl sewor- mings to provent fooding, He says that the peopis shontf eodiperats with fiin _to prevent danynee. Laboreis dosiring work shonld apply ning nt tha oftien of tho Cammisadier, AL wha eome will o gecammodated if thiey bring a pick und shovel with them, OUT WES! A Tiinese mrmrlur Boarded a Van Thiren stroet enr yesterdiny nftersontt and e ont to Weatern avenue, " Along the Jine tho sterm had done considerublo dwinage. Lavgy trees vere spllt in and hranche were atrown along finth Bvery - fow onnutes g gmst oaf o wiml eracked the lee-covered heanehes ko a0 many nipgestents, and thoy fell Lo the ground amid a shower of waterund fefeles. AT ttny poln) nlone (ho strect the ear-tracks wers ontlvely sbierged, auwd at Wood street there wos n minhture nkn which covered street, sldewalk, and pralrie. The gutters appenred to he choke upois the water found no ostlet, The Joweat Lanel, Just o the Boekwell street eatlrond- triek, wost of Westert aveti nnerally verd wet, wid_ lere the reporter expected to find considerable depth of water, it ho was disap- pointed, flere nnd thove wos A [arge iditie, but there wag o serious flood of water, The rosi- dents i tho vicinity sukl they had seen tho water much higher, A number of bag:ments in tho nelghborhood wers flooded, It 1t was not nenrly as serlous ns i might have been, Thero vere a faw wirea down, hut the warin wind was st molting tho nnd it was dropplug off at every brenth of wind, 'Thus fur tho dee in tho South Fork of tho river line not been scrinusly afTected by the tha, tlthough in the canpso of the next tiven- ty=Folrs hours 1t will doubtiess bo protty thors aughly rofted, In the vicinity of " the Hnlsted atreethridge tho fee I8 covered with water to depth o nbout three Inchies, but unless the tem- perntirg moderttes very sensibly tharo will ho o brenksup for u day or two, nnd oven then vessel-mien dn not fear’any serious results front tho undoubtest rise that will cusue, 1Y DE PARK. The storm In Hyde Park did sorlous dnmage yesterduy maorning, both tothe shweller inhotises and tho unlieky teaveler, A\ large umaunt of &now hins grathered durmye the wiater in tho steeats amd on the roots, and ouly few have removed It from thelr 8ldo. wilks, Tho storm melted tho snow in unything but w plensant way, nnd the fieud of the houso was. called wp carly I tho mornfng to noties tho o s o the roof of tho witter lenlng through it, or to paddio around fn the water in the lnsement. Insome cases the neoplo movedd into their next door nelghbors, wha were more fortunite, until thoy conbld Hyvo In drynessin their own domieits. The streoty had :md sidownlks were aiso Booded, tho slush belng i e pinces four tuclies decp. Tho trees broken in many places by tho jee which uniulnted ducing the night,” This wis nlly notfeenhlo on Washington nnd Iyde Park avennes aud Fifty-third street, where Ty many llhlw.‘s the limbs” blucked tho way and were hroken off and by by o sh 1o tho trees. ‘e telephione wires of both compunies and tho villnge wero hroken down, and communication with Chlewgo remlered n jmpossibility. On Hydo Uurk and Cottueo Grovo aventies tho poles wera broken off short, thus breaking off tho wires, 1t will take u conply of days to vopair nll tho damnge. Walto's Block has sulfered very badly through lenking roofs, AMUSEMENTS. THE GRAND OPERA-ITOUSE, ‘Thu first representation of o new play from the pen of Bart Cutupbet), . entitied * Gov- eriment londs,” was given nt this houso lnst night to u tolerably large and rather appre- clatlvo house. “Govoernmont londs ™ Is a light, unpretentious dumestle comedy-drama I three nety, nMordivg tttle oppo rtunity to any but tho stars for whom tho plece was written,—Mr. and Mrs. George Knlght, Thoe story hinges upon tho tosa and tho ultimato discovery of $2,000 worth of Government bonds, Leopold Lander, un ex- rovolutioniat of 1818, 1s the centrul figure. Hlols o well-drawn - German dinleet charneter,—i mlxturo of pathos and humor exnctly suited to bring out ull tho good thore s In Mr. Knight. Loundder 1s engaged v a bk, 1le, noa fit of absent-mindeidtness, takes a roll of Goy- ornmont. bonds, tho property of tho latnk, and stulfs thoem In the lining al a hat that bappens te be a trifie toa large for him, 1o cannot account for tholossof the Londs. e s arrested, tried, and sentenced, and Just ns thoy ave removing him from tha court, the bonds are discovered (n tho Interior of the hat, and averything ends happlly, This in briof s tho plot of the play, out of which nutursily grow n unmber of Incldunts of mmore or less interest. Who (ivat two nets oceur In A boarding-house. ‘Tho st net, tho most lnae- tistie of tho throe n point of constructlon, hup- pens In w couri-roon, Altor the changes nre mwla in the play which must bive suggeston themselves to the wuthor tust wight, wo hure no doubt thut the pleco witl bon snceessful eard in tho. bamds of Mr. und Mrs, Knleht. In tho rilo of Lunder Mr, Kulht shows himaetf to bo n sterling comedinn, with & touch of genning pathos, In the scenes with hiy danghter, and purticularly in thut one whore ho pletures to ier the benuty’of_berdead moth- er, 1o as completely won the symputhics ol the honse uy e evoked their jaughter with his comedy, 3, George Knight as Len, hls dunighter, nlso's Goriwn distect nart, did ‘soma ver ieting, nnd won tho geod vegird of her nudience, ‘Chere 18 n slde fssue involving the lives of Dol Browning and My Blake, bt those ehaructors wore so_ wretchadly enaci hy Walter lronson and Mies Ireno Wor- rell—thut i3 beauty was murdered, In niilition to tho central flunres—Llenpolit Lander aud his duughter—thore are soveral very well ey racters, wlthough thoy huve but litile hero i3 i boarding-boitso keoper woll- hit off by Mrs D B, Via Deren; o cholorle Iuuker who appedrs fu the Just act, played by k Drow; mnd a letective hny lmir fure ‘olllng, The constructlon of the lever, the slinntions aro fincly renched, and the (ntorest of tho story Is well sua- Tuined, here 4 in tho dinlog spriken by sone of the people notleestble . Wle ol the highf- lutisn, supersentimentud talle often indulged in by Mr. Campbell's chavaeters, but this enn he vory ensily remedied, by putting Into thedr moiths lnnguingo o lictle nearer the earth, Taks Hge the play wli It all, it {8 tha best tilonge wo have seen Mr, (Imvr‘m Kuight o, and with u lie- tlo curo hie wilt douthiless mnke the ploco n suc- cuss, I PURITANIL arturo,. Itavelll Hlecarvo, ol Pucnto Giorglo, oo Muntl Honviettn Valerga virn., . Gorster The secomt week of tho opera sensun opened tust svening with the performsies of 1 Puel- tnl”” which wns given 1o n full and vory en- thusfastic house, which combinod, of course, the usunl * brililaney ™' in sadiuon, The operi §s hot ofton glvon heee, and It was' thereforo all tho mure welcote, sinee it contning some of tuo most stirving ensembles, und cortaluly the Huest duot, Heilinl hus ever written, the * Suonl In Trombu."" The part of the herolne, Kiviva, 1 not one of Gerster's best, for it ealls for n do- Kreo uf pussionate netfon vorging on tho tragle, which sho,does not possess In kreat strengtl, 118 musle, ugnin, s not of tho tlorld churuoter that suits hor nud shows her at her best, excopt mone or two numburs, aud, more than thls, fts coneerted anmbors - are 8o mrumi thnt #he has HOL power onough 10 pssert horscl, whore her voive should dominite, to prodico the neeoasury olteet, Ktlll thore were mimbors in witich st saie with wuch fecling, and others with great voeal offect, 08 In tho qusrier soene, when she cuters bearing tha bridal vell, which guined an eneore by bor Hino voeallzation, in the hos of the nutd seeno (*Qul ta voce ™) uJ in tho following arln, *Vien, diletto,” which sho ndorned - with such geaceful and luxurlous wenlth of voeal fonts as to bring hor baek two o threw times buloro tho pudienco was satistiod. Ttavelll sung bia purt with wreat spivit und wis I wdmirable volce, and in the opening seeno with Etvfra, 08 well as in tho in- terviow with ihe Queca, recelved fre- quent und cutbuslastio teatiimoniuls of the favor ot the nwdlence, 1 tho closing duet with Klvire his mauniiteent singing uroused o perfect furore of upplaise, and he wis recalled sevaral times, 1L wus ono of 1ho greutest succosses of the sea- som. Owing to the Indisposition ininssl, tho lml‘tol‘ Iticcando was takon nu short noticy by Dol Paente, whosnng It in superd style, necom- [mulall by r.gumwl’ul and digatitcd aud splr- ted notlon, Montl's personntion of tho old Purltn wis very effeetive. In tho great scone mmlmf up to tho Liberty Duet, with Del Fuaonte, 3 well ag I tho duct 1Sl the tyo wrtists sk with fine powor aud spliit, and rulsod i turore 10 the houso which was not appeased sutll tho nreisis, nitorsoveral reappeavatices,had ropented tho yreat appeal o Jiberty, Tho choras wus butter thun usuil, und the orchestra very strousg und tolllng in 1ts decompunimonts, ——— MIVICKER'S, Atthls thontro Miss Aunlo Pixley, cortainly the (inest singing sowtoret on tho American stuge, reuppeared fn tho ‘role of M'liss n the play of thal nume, “31isa* (s not a good pluy, b porbaps 1t is quite ne good us an presented by elther Lotta or Magglo Mitchell, und it atfords Miss Pixley ndmirable opportunity for tho dlgpluy of that dush, plquancy, and anie mation which invo wade her a tuvorit throngh tho country, Sho 18 tolerably well supported. Mr. John MeDonongh reappeurs as Yubs Bul, MARY ANDERSON. Special Dispuleh ta The Chicago Tridune, ' Burraro, N. Y, Feb. T—To-duy the surety houd was slgned in Buifalo which scals tho con- truct hotween munager Josoph Brovks, of Brooks & Diokson, heud of tho ‘Mheatrjo Curcult, and tho Pullmau Car Cempany. Tho contract i3 40 furs nish Mr. Tirooks, for thoenrriago uf Mary Amle: con on’ her SKouthorn tour, which opens in Marelt, o Pulimnn enr complete i every detald With R peron 1o aet a8 eook, For 8155 per week and thro conts per running mile, Bronks - Aurlne the ear and /iving w0 bond of F700 for Ha safe-keeplng durlog the term of tha lense. which oxpires at Philiadelphia May 1, Mty Anderson whi travel repally durlig her South- aru tosr, HOOLEY'S Hartley CampUells plny of My (eralnine’ was repented ut this thontro st night, 1 §s now In the second week of [t run,—a run thnt will mark not n great, but a fair, success for the play. Alremdy we have Informed our renders ns to tho charaeter of the drmn and the munner of its reprerentation.. Therefore we fieed now merely say that @My Gernldine ™ s © story of romnntie literest, whieh appenls i tha aympathies of an audience. The attendanes Inst night woa fair in plze, and tho pleco wuy wetl recoived. 11 GENERAL'S ARRIVATL, Cien, Jobin Haverly made his appearntion fn the ety yesteedny, tooking us slevk, wiry, nul nctive us ever. Tle eonies fram Now York, o wag nsked whathior or not he fntended huving o theatre in this city, 1 do intendt to have one,” sutd he. Tiuve you definltly settled upon anyihing?™” “Not yet. 1 have como hero for that purpose, nna the intter will he sefthyd perhans | to-mor- row mornlug; perinps not for ten day: WWIALUEE your plins; whero aro ¥o have the new houser™ I hve threo propositions, and wlf tho sftes are guodones for i theates, wthough yoit pro ablygiiny not think It possible, My preferonce I8 for tho site oppusit ey present thentre, on thu southenst corner of ~ Dearborn il Monroe streets, Wiere the othior sltes ave I am not st y’ 1o atnte You vaeate your present bullding on the & moing to I At when do you proposo 1o open your new house? ™ *About the middie or tho fatter part of Aus gust—tot ntery Lhnvo booked ularge nuniber o1 tteaetions for It nlrendy.” ) 14 L trito that you buve leaged tho Callfernin Thentro?” » hut thoy hnve been after me for somo thne to tuke i, Comfug fiere onthe train I tel- SF““}"”" ty rve me the refusal until the st of urch. - 1 will decido then 5 1o you thik you will tako e Wl to tell you the truth, 1 am vers unide- elded, 1n jnclined to thiuk that 1 will nat. With my thentres in New Vorle, my new house heve, atd Iy comp on the Tomd, [ have about as mich as ean attend to, My orizingl iden fu teking 1he Calffornfn Theatrn wis to mnke n ohiin between New York and San Frin- etseo, and 10T should coneludy tp take that house—they hnve offeved (tto e ata v fow rental—I would tuke Titbor's new opera-liouse In Denver, 'Phat wonld complete the clreait, nut, ns 1 eny, Think have enough without go- ingr west ol Chieag 4 ACTRIBUTE TO VALLERIA The New York Critic and Trade Bevlow snys: Mlle, Vallerin Is n conselentions nriist of re- murkuble talent, thorotigh musical oeganizition, wiuel 18 a sie(litul singer, Sho 18 now in Amerien tor her seeond sewson, and has made triends overywhore; this is so mueh more in her favor, 3 #lio s nover hoen stiered, basshad to depend wpon ber own merits, ond mubugeving trieis o not come 10 her nld nt all, We have spoken oe- cnslonally o herluek of dramntie powar: hut thia Inck is of o physieal charneter, and Mile, Vallerin cunnot bo bamed an necount of it rher inig no dranintio belun duuna t A5, Mapleon’s troupe, she Is entled upon to Al the gap, and has to pdertnko solos which wro Leyond her phys- feul strength, But even in these roles khe neyer fidlsy ber musieal Instinets corey her safely over tho hrlidge, und a3 nodrtmutie et is with- out fta [yrie moments, 3Mile, Vaflorin niways fluds achance of gertifying her Hsteners. 1 we fook over the repertolte which Mile. Vallerln mny- tered durfiyg her career i 1018 ecountey, we are uctitnlly ustonlshed to find sueh pove versatiity u primadonme nowilays, ifey i Bolto's aml Gonnod's operus, * 1NON- nix."” Eletrain “Don Glovaunt,’ ae ain @ Caremen,” und Marth, roles of quite diiter- ent eharacter; sho sings them all und saves tho honurs of Me. Maplesan's soason. Without her the munager shonld hnve b 08t this wintees 8hw I8 his stronghold, kod enubles him to praducee BOHW oneras beyond tne ol 1talian stock operis In which Mme. Gerster nppenrs, MUSICAL SO Tha Idenl Opern Company will begin a three weeks' engagement at the Boston Theatre Feb, 28, Carter's Oporn Compnny began o tour In the Proviinees Feb, £ Tho operns to bo given are the “ Plratea of Penzance,” * Fatinltza,” aud “ Martha." Slgnor Ferugint of tho Strakosch and Mess Opern Compuny, hua slgned an enggement for throe yenrs nt 1ho Covent Gurden, sud will ape pear there as Fuust carly in April, 'ho second Lull resiearsul of tho new Amatour Orchestral Associntion will tuke place next pri duy, Feh, 1, at 8 p. m. shy at Lyon & flealy's muasle roome. At menin o requested Lo dte tend, as oflicers will be clected and other busi- ness matters disenssed. Tho l{armonin Quurtot Concert company. com- posud oF four of our best kiowi hume siogers, s, Favwell, Mes, Bulfour, Me. Clurk, und Nr. Slunn, and nsdlsted” by Mise K, C. Pratt, planist, Muwtér North, tlutist, und Mr. Duird, nceoms pinlst, Wi give conderls ol Princeton, 1, on the i, Kowanee, Sth: tintva, 10005 und Goles- i, 1ith, ‘Tho’ people of thoso places buve o rare treat n gtore for them. Tho Now York Critic and Trade Revlew says: “Threo members of the Strakoseh orchestri hnve roturned to New York, but not Tollowing tholr own wishos, 1t seems that Messrs, Stri- koseh & Hoga nro losing money, and cone J after the Cincinnatf week, to reduce the nimber of tho troape. Oue st viol, o vioht player. wnd tho tympanlst wers dischurged; tho basso, Peakos, i Boina other urtists seyored tholr conneclion with the company, I vur natlee of tho Mapleson concert af Sun- day night, the pervurso Lypes, refeering tdMrs. BwiIrs exceution ol the Arditt wallz, made [t ap- pear that tho lndy S didwell, aithongh b voleo 1 somewhnt wenk” Now, whtever may be tho defects of Mrk. 8.8 Valce, wenkness is covtainly not ong of them, Want was written was, that sho **did well, withough her volee is o broad for siteh tilugrec-work,” ‘Tho typ fenl transmogeitication, 1t will by Koo & completo reversul of 'the Intended meating, Whon tho Mapleson opern troupe waa fn 1o tan two yeurs ugo Miles. Lido and Purodi wers both L, D, M. Hottenduhl attended thom at Col, Maples test, wid thon began elvit aetlon against the Colonel to recover for his modlenl serviees, Tho munuger pafd the bl under protes il N8 soon ud ho returne 1o Joston thls yeur begnn suit ngninst tho Doetor to veeovor tho monuy, llo clifmed that tho wamen shonld havo pakd thelr own bilis, Tho wus nlong and exhaustive argument hetore Judyge Parmenter, an dan, 12, which resnlted In n Judgment for the Doctor, on tho gronnd that the phtintlit by not defending theaction Iy which ho wus arrested was now debarred from recovs cring tho money orikinalty patd, DRAMALIC NOTES, Cavendish 13 still 11l in New York, A rich unclo has died und left £9,000 to Dora Btunrt of tho Gus Willinms compuny, A buriesque of * Forget-Me-Not * entlfled “Don't You Forgot 1t will soon be produced ab a Now York varioty theatre, My, Hurry Phillips, of tho ‘I'omn Keeno com- puany, 18 in tho fleld. He reached hove yesterdny looking excecdingly prosperous, At the Academy of Musle 1 now sensationn) drumn by MeCoskey, entitled * Nuggots,” was produced beforo n lnrge auaience, Snlvini, tho aistinguished Italian tragodian, will begin un engageinent ut MoVicker's Thoos p-fiml lllnu st inst. Io will probably opon in * Othiollo.'” : Tho Golden Era snys thut tho greatest commno- tlon bay been caused In Kun Francisco by the re- port thut Tom Buguiro hus become a willion- alro, The edltor of tho puper uasseris that hohas ~*u faw thousand ** creditors in that lutiude. Tho Feulileton snys thut Munrico Do Frece, whu was formeriy uuummu‘:‘ dircetor of tho Live erpool Thentre “Hoval and the Charing ‘Then London, hns n?mwvl an " Al und Buropeun Lyrie_and 1eamnntic Dure n 156 Fourtls avemio, New York, Ho proposes o o extensively Into the business of dporting and exporting gties into the two hemisphores. Grandfathor Lickshinglo camo juto the ollico last night, and, after looking cnutiously arond, as If to ronssiea hlwsceit on €omo polug, suld: * Now thit Sarah Beepharde an’ Ollve Loguan haz gone, 1 doi’t mind puttin’ you onto n littly cplsade it huppencd at the Buvnot flouks aurin’ Surab's sty A trstworthy reporior was detailed to attend to the old wentiemun, wud hu conthiueds “One day Sursh kew iy fromn rip over tho Rlute, o’ whon she got to her rouin ahie foind that sho dldi't have the key to her door, * A’ bave yoz lost yoor kay?® suld the chmmbermald, *Oulf outl’ exehiimed Saeah, in nor own dellclous tongues oui! oull but no mnttaire,' and drtwin’ her akirts nhout her sho gflum‘ In through the keyhole,"—Cinchuiati snqutrer, A daugbter of tho lute Isnue Binger, tho sew- lug-1naehing mun, took Lo tho bourds some time 1o under tho stage name of Agncs Leonawd, Sho purchased u pmllY bad old-timy bovder dewiny, ** Woman's Fulth,” wnd with it start westwited, ‘Tho plecs necesstiated o cast of one woumun (herelf) to ten mon, wham she engnged for thirly weoks, with salarles far above whit they wore worth, Lately Miss Leonurd-Sluger bud to roturu to New York vory sivlk, whero sho now s, Up to the present sho lus lost sotw 17,000, but as sho ks worth pearly w milijon, she Proposes 1o comprotntio with the compny on ho remnindor of their engngenicnts on’ the Lusis of &) pere cont, Some of them, It 18 andor- sood, Proposy (o Bue ber, unleas llln{ olituin their futl pound of Hesh. “Tho worst of 3t {s thut Miss Leonard-Singer 18 8 minor and unrecover: nble from. Mer Inwyer proposes lqu; i that ploa, chould any suits be cotumgaceds BLOOD ‘DR. CLARK" . JOHNSON'S ian Blod Sy, g € . = = 8 ¢ & 3 .,‘5‘1 ";"i & B = @ E ag o E] o2 zg = a3 ax fl;"‘ g4 ot =5 =25 &g g9 mi oo H=a al 52 Y 53 S5 Al =% = ITADE WANK.] B! . Dyapepsia b ])Incaspcn, Iv‘c{{g‘z o) Ague, Rheiwma. t}mn. L ropsy, IHeart Dis Blliousncss, Nei-cous l)abutt,;f‘;"' Tho Sost REMEDY KNOWN toltan 9,000,000 Bottles NOLD RINCE 1870, This Syrup possesscs Varicd Properttes, It Btimplaten the Pryalize 19 the wwhich converts tho Suirch and B fuod tutn glucnze, A deficiency §; ciusen Wind nnd So stamack,” KT tho wmedl fitely ntter eatlog the furment: s preveoted, . e nets spon tho Liver. It neta npon the Kidners, Xt Beguintes the I vels, !t l'llll fir:,lh:{llloud- N ; 5 i ;‘mninllrm u’"fi'n';.'n."""“ ourialics, Nireng . FLenrrien oif'tho 014 ."EE':"“ RiMtsd tna the pares of® % Salthy Pevagiention, o o wad Induced Jt pentealizes tho hereditary taint, : biood, Wincty genorates Heroriin Frsminne s mausior of skin diseares and intordal o er0 ara o pirila omployed in it 3 :;:5.:’,‘.&'.}!!.;‘{‘},, i infent Doty e az0d and fyoblo, cars oaiy Lang. rrgitrad i cienin CAUTION TO DRUCGISTS. Tawarn af Counterleit Medietne. 1 emplor ne LeavEling nzonts oF runiibea o soiicit trade trom # ; \zar af TESTIMONIALS,. ILLINOIS. Dinenss of tho Stomachand Liver, vo, Alexander Co, 11l DEATSIL: Soffering for s time with Nesiachy and Thixenss of Lhe Stoinaen wnd Livie, | was induced 1o uso Vour relinbis 1NDEAN BLOUG SYRUY, which restored i 10 purieet henitl and atcenetil, No. 3 Kighth-3t. As. SUEBLLEY, An Excellent Remody Belrldere, Huone o, 1170 DEAILSKIN: 1 have beeh usiig 3 Loon SVIUE for sunue imie, Al nin porsecily satistiod with thoidmlts, 1L Iiunnesilie hinod, liestores Lust Ape petite, Strengthens tho Ner inies the Mo ach and Ftowcis, and Jtotioyes ntism. § woud BOL LY Witbout it. 3183, WKSTFALL. Kidney Disenne, Fisher. Cinmpaten Co. Tl b his 18 1o cortify i your INDIAN BLOOL SYRUI 1ias done s wore kood for Kidney Eompinint and Tleart Disensy than any other medis cine | everuned, 1ualso cured one of sy ehiidren ot Chlifs and serotila. MARGARET CHISM. Third=-Duy Chlilx, Flora, Clay Ca., 1L DEAT S1R: This I8 to cortify thut youF I3 BLUOD SYIDE has cured mie of thie Thind:] s after all other medicines biad (ailnd. & MISS BROWN, €hilla Cured. Mattoon, Colos Co. 11l Dran 1fnd your INDIAN BLOUD SYRUP peciily cures Chilis, and cin recomuiend It as the buat iedicing In the country for Itetmutiam wnd Neurulgin. ELLM N All that It ¥Is IRecommended to Me, Liewnont, Cook Co. DEAR 8ti: 1 hove found, by giving your BLUUL BYKUD & folr trial, thit 18131l 1¢ 18 récom= mended 1o be.und advis0 uny one wha HIAT be w0 poat Beaith 1o @ve iLa trial, AL FIEEMAS, cuiiis Cured, Neoga, Cumbetfnnd Co., [(l, DEA 810 My daught had Chills for fourieen months, and I irled almost everything, but withoay emect uniil 1 eominonced tho use of your INHIAN BLOOD SYRUE, o short trial of which edeciually gured hor, Tho Sprup 1uy also greatly benenicd the rost Of my family, sud | have bad no use fora dutior ang 1 I'I‘l‘l'ln 'lenxd“yunamugtfi\llc n‘l"]‘ 'w‘:lzg-lln;!fl,m 01 o WiLLOUE it 30d recommeid ite s ‘ummnl- LHUSSANNAN LAWRKNCR iy Paln In the Baclc, Waterman &tatlun De Katb Co. T DEAR BIR: This Is to cordly that your INDIAK LOUS BYRUP hins curod ma of tain i the Bk 188 valuablo medieine. LIS, WOUls Byspepain und Indigestion. : Sundwicl, De Kath Co, 11 DEATL IR This fs to certife that your iNDIAY PLUOD BYRUL, which 1 procuted froin soar szen B comuiotoly cured wo oF Dyepepsla 14 th e medicine T over used, TIRASE I ALLE: Cure for Heart Dlsense. ‘eutapolis, Engham Co. DEAR BIR: Your gre INDIAN BLOOD SYNUT1 l‘l:ahu!l "!3 |C.|;ll1|l. ”I‘ l‘fi“ IleI‘ el,'vnfl Disesse. 1 rotommend i io all smfiarly sMIEEY yraLLINOR All that It In Recommonded 1o Beo Kansas, Edgar Co, (L DEAR B1Rt: T havo used your excoilent INDIAY BLOOD BVIUL 1y (amly tor the s tes seark Bl finve Mlwazs found 1L st o recnmenied. i 0 6 i 7 s Dot fainily medicino ovor yred fi iy Saiiify o A Dineanca of tho Lungs. Bentun, un\umrn..lll- DRARSIR: Thislsto coruty that {uur |.‘"’M-' BLUODSYILUE hns cured e of L Disease, waid lllfllluflxllldlllnhlhl lmufl"ll”irnh':n“ lII'\:f. 1 cheerfaly 0 S BHTOrnE hAAMEY. o Focotumund it ta ull sugerink HRR Wiinisaros. ¥or Nenrnlgls. Sanere s, taraitton cb. 1L uralgia 10 5008 gime, 1 buught, woiny ul ’I“fi'“",\;l'.’.’.‘};“mlrx.'&‘fig mo. L i BYRUF, undum hapoy tosay it bis (G, T, Dyspopain Cured, 5 "'lyllmum. “lnerCo,.m‘.‘ Bfl')‘)“’"‘x l,’:lvfl.lb‘:in l{;llIhLE‘(Ifln‘l‘I.n'P‘I:Ad;";E‘“ 882 DYaneDetn, And I Ixustion, und have PRDINRATOUS By IEE M hina e taa mon ‘valuaule wedicine. THUMAS TRIMBLE g o Never Falls to Cure. |, "y DEAR Bih: I have usea your INDIAN B VICUL for Craimps (h my Sicwach sid aieo (07, 1 Ehl!dmn. who hm!::lm\lh,lod with spasis, a0d mm‘ cat0s It Oacted & COMIPIOLO CUTL: | oy o1zl An Agont’a 'Testhnonys 4 n Woodisna, Iruguols €31 DEARSIN 1 can say th ur INDIAN I BYNOL Bug To tyunt o conatipation, Sick-Hess mehio, Pain in tha Kowies, und (gu‘u‘:;'::‘m 1 can saleld Fecoiumend ita use 1o sulieriow BBATIT. | 1 pgn, ecommends kKt to All [ u“l b ‘al Acors, B30 6 EAR BiK: 1 have uted pomn RLOOD BY RUP with boneiicial results, and 15 121k good hedictny 1o Lulld up tho syste £eb Would recowmend it tu all ‘“"“"“K"i"‘{‘;ffiw Liver Complaint. s e b atraiod INDIAR THLOON §¥ IR gived anirenslig ory resmite, wnd cun Lurofore recymmend it 14 all troubled'with Liver Complalutand st Rhenmatisin g Buckinghaw, Kankakeo Co,, M 8% DEAKBIH | was a groat sudorsr (o] 850 found wo rellef untll 1 commencid, it mit valusbio l.\l)‘lIAN ..“"""}!,c:.t“‘m.iwur iuch rellavod and boiliied; | ecoiBgEYL kKo Purifier. !" f:"'l ":"?v'.‘me.m:n Lake € i AT 811 2v0 uscH your ity P RO B tinve ouna 0 lenulha‘ln"i‘:"“.'“d ! Hor, and take pisusura 1h recommondiié ks, — n, Tenagruatiose Buppresssion “:hundln- A ,;,m”, DEAR 810: My daughior was 4 sullerer {0 ression nf Mensirusion, and bfier 1BbVES yak Poledimicoity Tor suen than & yea ont Of two plyalians.ong Al lg eul mn;n—-nhou‘llrzl'llnlufi-_r&ul- otne's atber wiedicines, unioni whic ¢ tve, §ikiheathn tnyse of o' INDUS, wrert EVity S ihing over your vawpnier, 2 €augiit y ur remarks on tuo dlivase Wi Ko was troubiud, 1 yminediately provatied U0 Dol dicing, and, W the joy A;fml",," ity 3 lunde b6 Was aoon ¥ noie 12 Wwhilthdae Femule Weakness: rontisc, l.lvln:lll"““‘ DEAR BIR: This in to cerily Y aily benotited by uaing BUE. 1 am ovor 10 yes greatly troubled withi Woakh akes o Teel ko 0 youni Bifk S -} & LISTOFWI0L S D luk Jhusors i Bord 7% EH‘:‘\"'-%:E!&:#’E fse