Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1881, Page 5

Ittio« capitnl, or ut least havo e wnisiiin tiemaciven Tor rea- The ruot n‘l the I!mfll]crl lla‘lln shiuse, which noplies not only in - "“é;'&'“?.(‘:'i‘"cf-m-nnm clse, Tho man who fortin aw home without any money in his et 00 P variably wisues ho hiad staid [ tho old ono. st Pand Glohe: Thomas M, Niehol, Sher- i factotum of tho hard-toney eagno fn tho West, has recefver his rownrd in_the shapo of tho appointment as chief of tho Tndian Bue yoau, 1t would bo difiicitit to tind n m«n.mnn‘e i Inainn niTaies, but the nppointmen u;fl'&'fi}?'&x«-{-mnx e ‘these mada by Mr. fved. llealdos, It wns the lust opportunity, ases. Mt would prosont. ftacif 1o Shormait, il ietated tha nominution, to reward sub- gservient tuekey. . Jolict (TIL) Republicun: There nro tndi- qnntous fn tho poillticnl horfzon of a coming siorm {n State clreles, which will break about wo years [rom Dow [n o Benutorinl canvars, A8 pearas tho politienl wenther-gnugs prophets an forctell, tho eontest will be trlepgular, in- volving three elasses of vaters, and reprosenting tho diveraified [leag of the ractions from which itics (s inecpneatile. The fiest in tho fiaid will comu nil thit greut Lody of men who linve, dur- Jng th past _fotir or five v gmerh_l' tho influences that p [ gonabie time. ‘;Al. Culivm fntothe Executive chalr for two onsccutivo terms. Thelr eandlilato will un- doubterly be tho Governor, - Anothor lnrgo nnd owerful division of the Itepnblicnns of the Sme will emist under tho bunnersof (en, Green . Rauwm, at Jm-nuul Commissioner of Intarnal Revenuotu Washingeion. Thoseara tho Lounu men, and 1t §s underatood they will knvo Senatar Togaunat thelr hond, Thuy represent, par cx- celienve, tho stalwarls, and aro men who hit pard and aro deterintued ta suceeed. tGen, Raum i 1n magutlicont trainlig for the tight, and will mako st aggresslve Bghicall tho way through, i campulgrt begtn st fimnr. nnd his elevation To tiie Chalrmunship of tho Springlicld Convone tion wus ono of tho steps towards the desires Fesults Cincinnath Enquirer (Dem.): The Herald argues that don. Gurlield 1s indebted to Wall streot for his eloction, and should, therefure, aconothing but tho fnterest ot Wall atreet In naming his Secrotiry of tho Treasury, Where, Jet ug ask, nee tho greant and eplendid States of Titinots, Indinnn, Toswa, Kunsas, Michigun, Min- nesota, Nebruska, Oblo, Wisconsin? Did thelr 38 Electoral votes contribute nothine to tho election of Gen, Gartleld? The entire State of New York casts but thirty-tive Electornl votes, and the intereat of Wall sircet did not_detor- mincall of these. Whetlior tho voto of Nuw York wuas glvon to Gon, Gartield by falr mothods and a squiare voto between Presidential vandi- dates 15 still fn doubt. Theso nine Western Btates constitute an empire broud enough for goversl cmplres, holding fntorests as divensified gathio beautifnlly varled surfaee of thelr soll, Agrienltoral, all manner of manufuctures, great ntercsts 1n trangporiation by Inke and river and rallroad, vast bunking and inercantile pursuits, poundless mining futereats—natl interests are ln- cluded in this great territory, too vast to be called a * section™ of tho country, Tho Sucro- taryship of tho Trensury should Do determined upon grest, contiuentnd Nutional prineiples, and not at tho bidding of the singly fotercsts of o gtreet, Wenre not pleading tho causa of Sens ator Alllson; wo are endenvoring to say n word fi favor of that splendid portion of the Sonth and tho prorducts of the grent staple Weat, which Muce the wenith of tho country and muke . Wall streot pussible, Philadelphia Ttmes (Ind.): Hurd Is one of the rare Congresmen from the West whoso koowledge camne to him curly and whoso wizdom falingoring Jnte. Ho Is on tho loalng side of every contest, which does ot mean that he s in tho wrong—far from it. Jie pleaded with his party for bard money when the woak, tho cul- low, and tho funue wero baeking and filling in the Greenback truces, Ile was for the tnly course i overy measure prosentod to the Houso 1n 1875-'0-"7 andd '8, but snmehow his colleagues, thongh always admlrlog hlw greatly, generally: {v‘l‘:rlcunlpun{ when {tcomes to voting, An ex- emist i all thingd, he rejects hnlf measures ‘with disdndo, following the Napoleonic mntto, hat compromise means wenkness or wic mesa. ‘Thonwh tho reprosentutive of a district (Toledo) which ~ Lelicves jtself better olf for tho protection of somo articlos - pro- dnced cheaper wnd better over tho luko 1 Canadn, Hurd has elang mantully to bis con- viction in pobties) seicuce, ant, what 1s more extraordinney, Wy brought b ustituents to agree with him, Sent to wn Bpiscopal collego in bis youih, he beenne abaorbed in thoe itunlistle excltement, and when the President, br. Stoune, Jolned the itemen Cotholie Churceh, Hurd threw himselt with Impulsive ardor into that faith, His zenl aud dovouon rovive tho forvor of Tovola. 1His filenl fuith 18 to be martyrized for thn elorkieation of the Chureh ot keter, Itls not, thereforo, surprishie that tha iouse llstuns roapeet fully to such n mun, though it ean warely yote with him, He is credited with one of tha hest legal muinds [ Congress, -1n tho free trarle delte Judge Keliey*s old-fnshioned onslaught upoa such #n- o onist reculls the combat of Tttehard and Saiudin, whero the lusty prowess of tho English blaske caty s fron bar (o two and the delieate cimeter of tho Moslem cuts o gauzy fubrle hovering Ju tho el eee— . A HARD WINTER. A FURIOUS STORM. Speciat Dupated to The Chicago Tribune. '"Drncque, Ia, Feb. 22,—A heavy suow and Windstoym is reported west of Waterloo, The whid 18 blowing with more fury than the Elonnof a week ago, which was sald to be the worst known for twenty years. 10 the wind daoes not nbate beforo mlauluut trains will bo blockaded. ‘SIOUX CITY, IA. Boectal Diaputch to The Chicago Tribums, . Stoux Crry, Ia., Feb, 22~Thare was snow aid 4 northwest winu this forenoon; clear, With some wind i the afternoon, The Itli- nols Centra), just opened, is closed ngnhx b; v‘t_rlns‘ The work of opening the St, Paul & Sloux Clty was interrupted by drifting snow, Both ropds expect to bo opened for travel lo-morrow. : SIGNAL SERVICE, . OFFICE or TUE CHIEY SIONAL OFFICER, Wasitixaros, D. C., Feb, 2—1 a. m.—For the Lower Luke region, raln or snow, fol- Inwed by tlearing wenther, winds shifting to :r';nch colder northwesterly, rising barome- T, X For Tennesseo nud {he Ohilo Valley, partly cloudy wenther, oceaslonal light rain or snow, followed by -clearlng wenther, winds :mlll:l‘g ta colder northwesterly, rising bur- nrn#;\ tllalc;' Ug}g(&r‘ltnk? l|(eglo‘!]:.n«:nlllur.Lh clt‘lnr Ty Ty cloudy, winds ™ mostly northerly, 0T tho Uppor JMi8sissippl and Lower Mige lfl‘n‘l Valloys, clear or partly cloudy wenther, s‘t‘Ld northerly winds, gencrally shifting to st:fl“r southwesterly, rlsing followed by 1 onax? or falling burometer, The cold wavo now in_the Northwest and bier-luke reglon will_extend to-motiow n\%(r Tennessee, the Ohlp Valley, the Lower- gf“& reglon, Middle States, and New En- Cautlonary Northwest slanals continue at lvll }vnukw, Grand HTaven, (fml Ludln;:t:m. . LUCAL UNSERVATIONS, R . G i mon i r1or syt gtiun o iporatyre, ) minimum omporatura, m‘mhulllll“ly:fd.ul LU mean thermuomaoter, a UENERAL QUSERVATIONN, [ CUI0AGO, Fab, 1210118 D, m, Wind, R'n{ WAy TEcCEREEERETA . ER BEREET! it | & @ i § g : & § i o o SEHASPESESEESES ‘HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SWEDNESDAY, - FEBRUARY 23, 1881—TWELVE PAGLS FORELGN. i The Trichinosis Question Dis- quieting England, France, and Belgium, European Pockethooks Thought fo Be in Greatest Fear of the Little Worm. Progress of Legislative Action on the Coercion Bill in the Commons, Apprehonsion of Fenlan Tactics Filling the Minds of Glad- stone’s Collenguces, Parnoll to Bo Arrested Immodiately on tho Passage of tho Proteotion Bill, The Greeks Still Showing Far Too Much Fight to Please the Powers. Von Enlenberg—The French Ministers Sustained—Conflagration in Cuba~The Boers. BRITISH NEWS, AMERICAN I'ORK, Loxnoy, Feb, #2.—In tho llouso of Com- mons, Mundeln, Vice-President of the Coun- cil, sakd the Government did not Intend at present to prohibit tho hnportation of pork from the United States. PORK. "The Tmes seriously enlls attention to the nction of the French Government on the question of the hnportation of pork from the United States, and hopes that France will _devise o milder rule, MR, MUNDELLA ADDED that the yearly importation of pork, bacon, and hams from the United States, Canada, Germany, and Denmark was « mors than twenty pounds weight per head for the wholo population of the United XKingdom, The value exceeded £0,500,000, exelusive of live swine. Lo cut ofl thig ¢normous supply of food would Inflict great hardship on the poor, and could only be done in tho ense of urgent necessity. It would not suftice to pro- hibit the American supply, for trichinosis existed in other counttles, and, as long as any othor country adinitted Amcrlcan pork, England would be sure to receive supplics sccond-hand, There was no authentic re- port of the oulbrenk of trichinosls In England, and he thought there wns no oc- casion for apprehension. The Continental countries were llable to disease because of the use of uncooked food, which was un- known here. 3 T MONETARY CONPERENCE. Sir Chacles Dilite snld he expected to re- celve an Invitation to tha International Mon- ctary Conference shortly, AT THE WOOL SALES to-lny, 6,700 bales were offered, chiefly Port Pullip, Sldney, snd Now Zealund, Com- petition was well sustulned and pricos firm, THE IRISIL. PARNELL RETRACTS, Svectal Cuble, | Loxnox, Feb, 23—It 3 reported that Mr. Parnell will bo nrrested Immediately on the pnssnge of tho Coerclon Dbill for his speech at * Clars, In Kings Coun- iy, last Sunday. Ile bas written to tho Seeretary of the Lund League at Clara, retracting his advylee to plow up the land, be- cause, e says, he hus learned that uniust and burbarous laws nake such an aet pun- Ishable by seven years’ penal servitude. * AT THE CABINEL COUNCIL, to-day, 1t was decided not to Introduce tho Arms DIl as yet, but’ to make the Land Dbill the next measure for considerntlon. As soon as It s introduced, Mr, Gindstone wil! move that it be consldered urgent, o motlon which Itis cxpected the Conservatlves witl oppose, LAND-LEAGUE MEETINGS. To the Western dssoclated Press. Loxpoy, Feb. 22.—Parnell and other Irish membars wlil address their counstituents on Sundny next. LAND MEETINGS. Arrangements nre being made for lang meetings In ench county of Lreland outside of Ulster on Sunday. TIE ARMS BILL. d The Daily News says: *1f the improve- ment of the state of lreland contlpues it s probablo the Government will not proceed with the Arms bill.” TIE IRISH LAND BILT. : Gladstone sald ho could not give tho de- talls of the Land bilkuntil he presents the blll in the Ilouse, with a clear prospect of pro- ceedlng therewlth, PAUNLLL'S SPEECH AT CLARA. In the House of Commons tha Attorney- Genernl stated that the objectionable parts of Parnell’s speech at Clars would recoive his caretul attention. The announcement was recelved with cheers, THUE PROTECTION BILL, Loxpoy, Feb. 22.—The llouse of Commons to-night took up the DProtection bill as amended In Commlittee, Aftor’ sovernl olauses, moved by Home-Rulers, lad been rejacted, the clause moved by Sulllvan, pro- viding that no person be discharged ata greater distanco than five miles from the ploce of arrest, was agreed to, Forster’s amendment, lmiting retrospoctive action o the 30th of September, 1830, was carripd, TIE DREADED PENIANS, Inthe courss of the debate Parnell de- clared that tho Fenlun orknnization in Ire- Jand was never Joss active, DIarls was Stephons’ residence, who had merely returned thithorfrom the United States, whero he had been opposing the Langd League, ‘The 1Tome Beuretary sald the Government had grounds for belluving that FRNIANIGN STILL EXISTED, and still designed to carry out ita objects by he tnoat abominable and dotestablo mneans, e roferred to O'Donovan-Rossu's utterances, the violent speech by Jolin Devey, formerly a political conviet In Amerlen. Debage ad- journed, LETTER FHOM LRENNAN, New Youx, Fob, 23—Iollco-Justice An- drew Walsh, ‘of Brooklyn, Treasurer of the Land League, hns recoivad the following comuunication from 'L\ Brennan, Secrotary of tho Irlsh National League: My Dean8iu: You will ploase find Inclosod rocelpted acknowludgment for £103 s, 3d., tho mugalficent contribution, thruugh you, of tho Brooklyn Rranch of the Lund Leugue. The cuntinued practical proof which we overy duy reoclve from onir brotlron and gonorous friends In Americs will but serve to strengtiion our ree solvo to work out boldly and fearicsly tho heavy tatk wo have set for aurselves. Neltber brute forua nor tho cocrclon of Englund will dawp the natfonal wplrit, for, despito ull obatacles, our wutchword fs * Quwar Couvoy to our very kind frjends tho turnks of the League, and you wmay further assuro thow of our contioucd steadinoss, and that of our country, In tho great strugglo for freo lunds and happy howes for our people. ¢ THE EASTERN QUESTION, . IN THE'CHAMBER OF DEFUTIES, Arugss, Feb, 23—fn the Chamber of Deputles yostezday, a Royal decred was sub- mitted calllng to arma all men above 81 years | of age who have served hree mouths or more In tho nting, Decrees wera also presented empowerlng the Giovernnent to admit forelign officers Into tho Ureck nrmy, provided they become (ireck cltlzens, and modifying the vrganlz- tlon of tho finuncial department of the army, A NOTIE TO THE POWERS, CoLoaNe, Fi 23, —Ureece will present anote to the Powers demunding admissibn to tho pourparler at Constantinople, and §f refused the . Government will make the widest reservation with reference to the de- elsions arrived nt, THE BULGARIAN AND DANUBIAN ¥onTt- TIERSES, VIESNA, Feb, 25—The Presse states that tho Bulgarian and Danubian fortresses are belng prepared and armud, GERMANY. VON EULENBURG'S BESIONATION, BERLIN, Veb. 241t I3 expeeted that the question of Connt Von Enlenburg's resignn- tlon will remain fn suspense until the Royal marrlage festlvities are over, I the resigna- tlon Is necepted, Von Puttkamer, Minister of Worship, wiil probably succeed Yon Eulen- burg ns Minister of the Interlor, and Von Gosslor repluce Puttkamer. LOCAT, ADMINISTRATION. The Lower 1louse of the Prussian Diet to- day discussed the Loeal Administration hill, ‘The parngraph relating to the contirmation of the appointments of Communal Councliors, struck out by the Unper Llouse, was rein- sunnl(.l, desplte the opposition of the Govern- menf WASHINGTON’S DIRTHDAY, Benniy, Feb, 22.—Minlster White cele- brated Washington's Birthday by glying n grand reception and ball at the Amerlean Legation. All prominent members of the Anglo-Amerlean colony were present, and there was n brilliant attendance of native celobrities In sclence, literature, and art, I'RANCE. DEFEATED, Pamnis, Feb, 22.—De La Fauconnlere, the Bonapartlst member of the Chamboer of Dep- uties who recontly gave his adherence to the Tepublle, offered himself for retlectionIn tho Department Orme yesterdny, and was de- feated. Fauconnlere polled 3,500 votes, the Republican candidate 5,000, and the Leglti- mist candidate 3,500, FOOLISI FRENCIDIEN, Pamg, Feb, 22.—The Agricultural Soclety has adopted a resolution demanding the Min- istry to commenco negotintions with the Unlted States for the revoeation of alteged deelsion of the Unitea States forbidding the Inndlng of French winesat American ports on the pretext that they aro injurlous to health. The Soclety belleves the deelsion Is simply a reprisal for the interdletion by {;‘mncu of the importatlon of Amcrican acon. MOTION NEJECTED, Paws, Fob, ¥2,—The Ilouse of Deputies— 804 to 109—rejected the motlon for an inquiry into tho alleged promise of the Government to furnish 30,000 muskets to Greece. SOUTH AFRICA. COLLEY NEGOTIATING WITIL TIIE HOERS, Loxpoy, Feb. 22—It s understood that negotiations were begun on Friday between Gen. Colley and the Boers, and iLis‘oxpected o truce will soon be arranged. KING KOFFEE'S ARMY, Livenroor, Feb. 22.—Advices from Oxim, on tho Gold Const, represent that the King of Ashanteo can put 90,000 men In the field ngainst England, TO THE BELIEF OF COLLEY, DunnAy, Feb. 23,—Troopsfrom Newcastle sturted this morning for Gen. Colley’s eamp, nnd reached, without opposition, Satluns Hoogte Platenu, the scene of Gen, Colloy’s lust reverse, TIIE VATICAN, A JUBILEE TO BE INAUGURATED THIS YEAR. Rtome, Feb, 22.—Tho Pope In his addressto the Cardinals expressed regret at the re- newed attacks and Insults heaped wpon the Chureh in nearly all parts of the workl Therefore, an_extraordinary jubilee would bo Inaugurated this year thiroughout Chris- tendom for the purpose of lmploring the Almighty to bestow better tlmes upon the Chureh, CUBA. CONTLAGRATION, TIAVANA, Feb. 22.—The Precinet of Cand- ado. Trinldad, containing seventeon houses, burned. BIMON CAMEROY AND PARTY arrived at Nassou, N, I, the Isth. They will remain o fortnight and then come to Cuba. Cameron was In excellent health, BELGIUM. AMERICAN PORK. Y Brussers, Feb, 23.—In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the Minister of the Interior snld that thare had been no case of trichino- 8ls In Belglum. ‘The Government, conse- quently, did not Intend to tike proventlyve IMENSUES, SWITZERLAND, SLECTED PRESIDENT. Bense, Fob., 2L—Droz, prevlously Vice- President, lins been olected President of the Swiss Confederation in tho place of Ander- wert, deceased, ITALY, DYING, Roxtx, Fab, 22—Gen. Milon, Itallan Mints- ter of War, Is believed to he dying. THE BILVER QUESTION, Roug, Feb, 22.—"'he Chamber of Deputies adopted the order,of the day, which was ne- cepted by the Ministry, decluring that if o now uuonuu\rf' convention was not signed In threo years, Itntiun stlver colns should alone have currency In Italy after 1850 ————— CRIMINAL NOTES, Goorge H, Crorpton, alius Howard, an un- fortunato wreteh who shouts loud for temper- ance when he is sober cnough to do 50, WIS nre restod yesterday by Dotectlves Holnzmon and Ellls st tho rallwuy-supply store of John W, Uim &- Co. Bomo days aygo Crompton called ut tho atoro und or- dered sovornl dozen conductors’ punchus, nnd represontod himself. ns Purchasing Agent for the Mllwaukeo & St. Paul Ruilroud.” Ho took ono punch away with bim us a sample, Bos fore delivering the others the (irin ascortatned thut Crompton was a frid, oud whien he turnoed up ut the storo yesterday, no doubt with tho in- tention of gotting posscesion of tho other punches, thoy promptly cunsed his arrest. Detective I'orpe Inst cvoning sturted for Bt. Louis to take churgy of & young mut xiving tho nue of Goorge P, Butler, who was recently re rested i that elty upon a tolegram from Bupt, McGarigle, ~ stating thut ho wanted horo or forgury, Bomo tliny ago Butlor succeeeded in cheating Mr. Hulbert of tho 8kermun Houso out of a lengthy board bitt and a simuil suin of ciwh, vy giving him g spurloua check, Nutlor, it ll|l‘ll!ln11 hnils from Cloveland, und tho pollcy, wiil o trylng to forrot hita out for boating Mr. Hulbort, huve us- certalned thot ho ts wanted at Clovolund, his old hume, for slinilar capers. PULLED DOWN THE BLINDS, Honry Wlillams, staye-carpunter ut Fox's Theatro, wus yesterday urraigned bofore Justice Walsh at the justauco ol his former employer uron " nnnnlu of mallalous intschlef, Thecotu- }r linant ulicges thut Just Bundny ovvene ng tho barrels oonaectod with the stago droo-curtaln were found spiked, and the ropes by whioh tho ourtuin wus Bulsted wore eut, An -umoyu‘vf delay of noarly an hour was tho re sult. " Williums hns coufvssed hls yalit uftor o manner to Mr. Fox, but rofusos Lo tell wuo hls aocomplioes werop bonco the proscoutlvs, Jiis trinl was sat for tho £5th. CATTLE-DISEASE, Des Moines, la, Feb, 2h—Gov. (ear yes- terday received notics that L. MeCjaln, of tho Natlonal Depuplment of Agriculture, and 1L J. Detmers, of Cricugo, both vetarlnary surgeons, had investiguted the alleged leuro-pricumonia smong tho cattle In ‘Lay~ or L‘oum( auul they {flmrt, aftor exuninng soveral whloh had died, and khillug four of thuse diseased, thut the disease Is pueumonlia, but not of the contaglous type. e ———e Brown's Broncbial Trochos will Imunu{“m- Uove n congiL o oold, or hoarsonusa, 3% conl IRE RECORD. An Old Packing=House on Wright Street Destroyed Last Night. The 'Total Loss About 825,000, Which 1s Covered by In- surance. West Madison 8treet the Bcene of a Blazo Causing n Loss of $2,000. Battle Creek, Mich., Toses a Block of Woaoden ' Bulldings—Loss, $10,000, Destruction of a Barn Near Eastmanville, Mich., aund COontents, Worth $3,000, AN OAT-MYAL MILL. Tha nlarm from Box 272 nt lnst evening wns turned fu by teleptiono from McGulre's grocery,at the corner of Wrinht and Canal streets, wnon the discovery of fire In n lurko twoestary and basement frame bullling, ligbtly veneered with brick, loented an Btewart avonue, just south of Wright stroet, and familiarly known s “tho old pneking-house,”” The fire apparently originated In the southwest corner of the buthd- ing, or rather in & framo addition at that corner, It wus under considerablo headwny hefure notiee and by the time tho alarn was Eounded, the reflecuon of the blaze could be seen for several miles, A stemly #ale from tho northwost was blowink nt the time, and when tho engines renched tho seene fire was scen in all portlons suvo thoStewurt nvenne front, Fire Morshal Musham did not think t necessiry to turn In n sceond alarm, o8 from the dircetion of the wind there wus no dun- Zor of tho five spronding, und all the euglnes n the pariingnt would probubly have proved insuilielent to provent tho totuldestyuction of tho old roskery. Had the wind been from any other direetion, howoyer, a large acrenge of wouden dwellings would doubtlesy huve gone up i smoke and tlame, for north, south, and west of the burned sirtioture there | fruwe rovkoeries, with a few twi ory houses of the sime matorinl on Caonl street, As it was, the cliuders and smoke were whirled In voluines townrd tho river ind over tho ruliroud yards at Btewnrt avenue and Sixteentu street, Koveral engines were put to work clearlug tho tracks, and no daunge was dona tho rolting-stock. Tho tiro hirned with great fury for nenrly two hours, and itn bour lnter thory wis nothine but i pile of brick and burning emmbers left of tho Iarge buildiuy. Sineularly cnough, tho frama Cbuildings fn which tho fire origle nuted were sived, but they are valueless, except for tho old und scorched Jumber contilned In thow. Tho billdings were ereeted soveral venrs before the great tire by Solonon MeKitehun, pork-paoker, but his” business proved o fullure, and the ]!H)pl.‘r(t; proved una- vailuble Tor uny stmitar business because of the 1nnbility of the owners to geta ralivond track fteross Htowirt avonuo fnto the houso, After varions viclssitudes, fucluding §ts oceupaney for it time by a gang of succewsnl burglnes, the bullding passed (nto tha handsuf Iiram Brooks, of Buston, whose ngent .in this clty 3 Mr. Turniss, huving itn oftico in the Portland Block, Iy them it was leased upward of o ‘Uhomson, llnerls & 3 nothing but yenr ago to Ca., who transtormed it Into an ont-meal faotory, About two manths Hugo, owing to the upward tendency In oats, work s suspended In tho oli), and since thot date M. Havrig dropped ont of the firin, teaving Mr. Thompson und Mr., Sproglo gole control of the business, 1t was thelr Intention to commence work niext Monday, Mr. ‘Thompson and an em- ployd mumed John Waiker left tho oftice, Which s in tho northenst corner of the building, at about 7:20 o'clock lnst evening, ang were quite u distauce away when they benrd tho alarm und saw tha glnre of tho tire, “Thoy state positively that 1o one, to thoir knowlulge. had heen fn the southwust corner of the bulldings for n loug tine, and there hiad been no fire under tho bollers or elsewhere, #ave in _ tho oftice, since work was stopped. Tt is thelr opinlon, as well as that of everybody else, that the fire w ncenatary, Property-owners i the vicinity have nlways been atrongly opposed to the location of such a bullding I their midat, Lut uom\)mlmz were growing less frequent sinco the ratlroad began Dbuyiug up the property bejivoen Stewirt aventy aud Canul streets, ¥ Mr. Sprogle was at home, No. 523 West Van Buren strect, when the fire broke ont, but was summoned by teiepbone to come and sco his Propurty go ip. o cstimates hisloss at $17,600; 2,0 of which is In stocky and the remudnder in muchinery. Upon this there 18 an jusurance of FOG0, $LH00 o1 which [s on stock, 1. 8, Munger & Co. placed this msurance. The bullding, valued at $7.000 ta $8,000, 18 u totnl losa. The ln- surance contld 1ot be ascertnlned Inst night, but 13 likely to beconsiderable. Fennklin, MuaeVengh & Co, wholesalo grocors, had —about 360 worth of ontinenl stored In tho mill. Diesidey those, Louls ltunkey, Henvy Martln, and John Walker, former employés, it prosent working elsewhere, luse thelr entlre wirdrobs and valunbles, which wora in a sulte of fur- nished rootns on thoe second floor which thoy oo cupled. The nmount of their 1038 I3 unknown, 1y thoy were nway at work during tho progreas of tho fire, AN EXPLOSION. - At about 20 milnutes pnst 0 o'clock last evenlng a boy In his shirt-sleoves came run- ning out of a little restaurant on the lower Hlnor of n twe-story framo building, No. 861 West Madison strect, looking bewitdered und forlorn, aud sald that there was a fire Inside. He made several ineffectunl attempts to send b an alurm, untll an officer came on tho scene, who turned in a eall fromBox 381, of West Mudison and Aboerdeen The policeman ran bhack to the plaee, which was west of May, and attempted to break fu thoe rear door, In which he finully succeeded, but not untll the flames bad galied o good hendway. In the mean- thne soveral persons started to earry out the furniture and fittings of the place, when suddenly, after three or four tables, chalrs, and eastars hiad been sot In the street, a ter- ritic explosion ocenrred. It shook the gronnd and tors out the front windows of the build- Ing, seattering the gluss clear across the street, and shattered twe- street-lamps in front of the place. Tho sidewnlk In front was oceupled by perhaps twenty-five people, who had gathored to sco the tire, who were all thrown fn o heap by tho explosion, and some of them were stizhtly cut and bradsed, but nono were badly hurt, though ail were badly frightenod, and some got up und ran for several leoclcs. searcely realizing whut Tnud happened, At the snme tine o carriage and @ strectear team beeameo frightened, but buth were held tn eheck by thelr drivers, atel turned from the (lnes down the street. ‘hio stroet-curs were, of course, preventod from mmxlut,: on Mudison street tor some time by the blockade of engines, Tlefore the cagines arrived upon the ground the whole plivce was ano muss of fanie, which poured lhrmnfll the open front Into the street, aml rushed thyough the roof, whieh made the contlagrarion fook formidable, though it did hot prove to be of very great proportions, The !vlucu 19 Jocated i the midst of w frame. Dulid lnlf locality, Nos, H63 aid 3850, on it slde hoing wooden struetures, the *fors ono and the lattor two stories in hight, By wero soveral tines on fire, but nelther v amagad 1o any great extent, The oy tloor of No, 801 was oceupled by €. Kurr- ns u restunrant, and loses his entire outflt, worth about 31,000, ‘I'he second floor was oceupled by Mrs, Franks, who etalins to by n fartune-telier. Sho loses all her effects. "There was un old Indy asteep I one of tho rear rooms on the second Hoor when the tive broke out, but sho was rescued before the Hunes hud guined much heandway, ‘Ll horribly coudition of “the strects some- what detayed the englnes In getting o the fire, which, In this loeality, might have proved very serlous, Hnd it not been tor an explaslon of ol and gasoline the tire woull not have caused mueh domage. 'The bulld- ing belongs to o mun named Sawyor, mud Iy on ground leasd from Phito Carpsnter, upon whoss property e this loentlty there are a Jurge nuber of Just such structures, Tho total loss will not exceed $H000, the value of the butlding not being over $500, NEAR EASTMANVILLE, MICIT, Spectal Dispateh 1o The Chicago Tridune, GrAND Ravins, Mich,, Fob. 22—A fire, supposed to bu fucendlary, this wmornmg destroyed John Mulider’s barn, near Enst- wanville, Ottawn County, and its contonts, ‘I'ho contents Included w spun of horses, fourteen head of cattlo, and o vear's erop of wheat, oaty, corn, hay, ete,, and nll his far- g utnsils, Loss, nbout’ 88,000, ont which thiere was but $250 of Insurancs. e AT BATTLE CREEK, MICIL Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune, BarTLE Ciekk, Mich, Feb, 3.—A fire de- stroyed a wooden block on Main street, be- longlng to J. W. Buckley and occupled as a elrat store, Loss on bullding and conteats, 85,0004 tusured for $4500, of un Ineendiary, Drrnorr, Mieh,, Feb, 22.—Fire at Battlo Creek last night destroyed the business block owned by 4, C. Buekley and part o another owned by 8, C. Chadwlek, Tho Battle Creek (7I;mr(:omlmny, one of the occupants, suf- fered to the amonnt of §2,500: lusured for ), ‘The totul loss 1s 316.000; insurance, A SMALIL CIIICAGO BLAZE. A still alarm to Engine Company No, 3 at 3120 yesterday nfternoon was caused by o fire in the holler and enging room of the three-story brick building No. 113 West Su- perfor street, owned and oceupled by M. Sehultz & Co,, sewing-mnchlne furniture nmnufacturers, Dunage, $100, fully covered by insurance. The slurin from Box 342 wag turned In by Fice-Marainl Schnurr, who feared that e tire might spread to some othier portions of the bullding, NEAR PREEPORT, IND. Speeial Dispateh to The Chicago Triduna, SueLpyviee, Ind, Feb, 22.—The resi- dence of Leonard Wisher, near Freeport, this county, took fire Jnst night from a de- tective flue and wns totally burned. Lo si_l,{:w; insured for $1,000 in'the Ohlo Fai ery's It was the work AT KEENE, N, IL Keesr, N, 11, I'eb, 22.—The boot and shoe manufactory of Ji IL Selliman & Co. burned to-night, Loss, £43,000; insurance, $20,000, THE OLD DOMINION, fecond Annual Banguet of the Sons of Virgliin, Tho second annual bannuot of the Virginia Bneloty took place at, the Palmor fouse last evening, tnd was remarknbio for two things: the number of pretty girls prescnt, and the thoroughly enjoynble time all thero had. The tables were fn the ladles' ordinary, and there ‘wero Just 160 rented nt them. ‘The roum was not embellished In any way, but thero were bouquots onthe tahles, which wero furthor sot off by amilax running thelr whole length and encire cliug the candelebra and fruit-stands, AMONG THOSE PR NT were the folluwing, the gentlemen marked with a1 * beiug accotnpanted by thelr wives sGen, N, B, Buford, *Judge Rogers, shr. i, WV, Thomas, *lr. 0. W. Nlxon, sdudge Tuley, *William P’enn Nixon, Lowis M. Buford, Mrs. Charles Buford, W.T. Ek‘lll’ Mrs. Lillle Heers, Mrs. Qen, Temple, of Miss Alfee K. Mn\nna, Lincaster, Pit., Miss Luey Reynolds, Mins Mary ‘Unylor, It Randoiph, € 1L McCormick, Jr., F. W, Gookln, Thomas H, Ellis, t. Hord, Miss Snrah Willard, E. C. Flsher, Miss Dickinson, Miss Gonkit, S L s t ss it L. Sprogue, o New York, “ Miss Allce levans, *Dr. C. C. Hlgglnn, John . Rogers, Jr., John M. Dandy, H. tI. Wnlker, Judge Iarnuim, Miss Barnum, eeberger, 1. Ware, *Willlam M. Baker, ). 0, Wnughop, Heury Waller, dr., ) 8. 0. Bwisher, 3iss Mute I1. Higglos, llunr‘)' 1. Bliel, *D, I Hnmmer, 1 1 \V{)rmh. o . Ren, e, AL Mids Wainghop, *bir. Roller, M. Honey Waller, Mre, Lorlug, fr. Davenport, Snmuel Baker, . Pendleton, Jnmes Chundler, Waller, Jr., Miss Carpenter, of Miss Lina Hurrisog, Louisville, 1L L. Mason, Mre. Atchuson, (eorge Clurke, Linail Guest, Jutes Lunc Allon, utson Carr, . Drosley, rimes, of Dan- T, Geon. A, M. Stout, Georyo T, Mason, 3, (i, Knight, *W, E. Poulson, Mra, lloopur. John P, Tyron, C. H. Mitchiell, Joha D, 3, Carr, E. 8. Heaton, Jobn W, White, o M. Marshiall, Juseph M, Hogers, Ucor{e W. Morris, *hr B, W Edward, Miss Bhelby, Dans vitle, Ky, *Churles I1. Mix, The menu Included everything in season, and tho meal wns an oxcellent one. At 10 o'clock Yresident Buford stopped tho clatter and talk, oudsaldn fow words anbout the Association. They bad loarnod from lust vear's oxperlence that too much time was taken up with speech. making: thercfore au oratur bnd been selected, and the young people would be given nn oppor- tunity to dance, Ile then introduced Dr. R. A, Hotland, who spoko us follows nbuut “THE OLD VIRGINIA GENTLEMAN'L: MR, PRESIDENT, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEX: If we were jo u Southera city to-night I shouid l»mrcr to pralse the Now, but in & Northorn city t scems to me cqually Hitting that wo should be reminded of tho excellencles of the Old; for §t fa thu prescnco of tha old o the new, no foss than ol the now In tho old, that constituted nntionnl us well us individund growth, As much ns the South needa the spirit of progress, the North needs the spirit of conservatlsm. St. Vitug' danco 13 8 bud ns lumnr’t‘. Could ench seotion, d of sceiog only 1ts awn merits and the othor's taults, see its own faults and the other’s merits, botk would bo stronger aad happler, and thin Natlon a more organic unity. Tho pricking numbness of prejudice nt the Natlon's extrem- fties comus from a defoctive cireulntion of ity blood. Tho South nceds o coustunt infusion of Northern mon to freshen up itsslower life. And hing It nuthing to kive in exehnnge, no clement that would supply u ltek (2 life of the North, and counternct our too feverish industry, our niarbidly Individualistic and atomizing temper, our lovo of chunxe for tho suke of chungo, our munin of reforms,—traits which are beglunng toshow with thelr increasing sprend bow hos- tllo thoy ure to all permanency of Institutions? Might npt Northern charneter, uwdmirablo as it i%, be fmproved by s more lelsurely tone, by a bigher esthwuto of tho beart as un orgun “of munilness, by & deeper vencration of the past, o tranqulller acceptunce of the gencral reason what incorporates itself In customs, and cvena somewhut Bourbonic nuwillingness to be dis- ‘that cndowe turbed by every unaceredited_ opinton that ped- dler-11ko rinws tho - doorbell of the mind, asking ui opportunity 10 prove its pltchbock wares finor than auy hercditiry gold of bellel? At any roto, it I8 pleusint for us Southorn men of the North to fmngine that wo are not uuprolitablo guests of a people whoin, by 1iving with them we huve learned to esteein for trajis we o not 8o richly posices, und whot we would reguite, If possiblo, by such gifts of ehar- nutor u8 uro woro distinctively our owi, [Ap- plunse,] ‘Thia character 1 feelless reluctant to praise because ln somo roapects itls AN IDEAL OF UTHER DAYS Tho poculiar phase ot oivilization thnt gave it being hns passod awny, and never cunt return, Its type wlll bo moditied further by the indus. trinl jdeas and habits which huve proved mightier than it in the mussings of war, and which now are nntlonalizing thenwelves overy- whero from the Lakes 1o tho Gulf, 8ie, hawove er moilifled, that charnoter must nut bo lost, With ull it8 faults,—and even thoy wero closoly retated (o its virtues,—It hnd & dignitled case, fuict herofsm, o many-uered freedom of sentimant, and — un - unconsolous poe of comduct of - oternd and ought to bo cherishod the more as 1w tends to grow mors prosals (n the burry and striving of §t8 competitions for gain, Hotico wy muy wisoly celobrate this dny by rocalllog that sSouthern ‘style of wuntlenesa whioh fowmnl in Wushington n well-nigh perfect pattorn,—thoe wentlemnn of Old Vieginln, [Appliuse.] Geatlenien thereare ln muny lands, but nono 1do 80 miich of his genfility ns ko of Old t, With him (6 was a berituge, u fort 2 runk, the top and erown of ereation. o cul vite {18 duties, muaners, gentimonts, instinets, wis hilw study, bis delight, almost bis rollglon, Aceording to his concoptivn af it, the charucter could uot bu olitalned by any who wers not born to ts distinetion, thouwh such us wore so born might forfelt their tarthright by dishonoruble dedds, Any one anight bo - honest, bruve. upright, insierous, gentiemaniike, but the word syontloman® he used In W strlet original #ens 1o devore i min of ™ gons,"” whoso quality oy from his stock, "Though now und thon a plow-borse wy win'n_Tace, tho courso s for thorougbibreds; und he thought tho rule Ry ’mtul formen o3 horsed, Blood told In plxcons, e chlekens, in plys, In sotters and fox- hounds, in every Hving thing on bis plantation; why should it hot toll us potontly 1 his sons ao aunghtons, sl the sons and daughiers of hls [ nelghbord? Way should men alone of anlmal kind Lo feremedinblo serabs? Hu know no re son, politienl or Chiristlan, for such 1 curse. Hu hetleved In good breeding, und his taith wis without pretense. An old Virginia geatlemun could not bueomo u snob, | mm\uuu.j The deepest pussible degrudution of Bis prido could not reauh that depth, o bud litte respect for - weve titular rank, Ho o despised us - vuhpe o all opride and - ostenta. tion of purse. Appluuse.] Ho inslated without ado on purity of blowd, because he be- lleved thut thoreoy nugm Lo best transmittod und preserved purity of manbood. WAS UE ALTOGETUER WRONG ? It ho was, then modern solenco u wrong fn its luw of “heredity, Byt Judge by ‘the frutts. Know you uny comuunity whore "the same iden does not prevail, thnt hug produced us muny stocks whioh score ua many generations of mags" niflcont men and women ns bnve mude iltustri- ous tpo numes of Botolor,nnd Bulliit, and Jobus stony und Proctory und Rives, und Pondiston, and Batord, und Caboll, und Stuntt, und Havri son, and lonroe, und Crittoaden, and Brackin. ridgo, and Murstintl, and Lee? )\ mluuuu.‘ liliud ne tave is in chooslng, thu fuut that love's cholen was confined to n cluas which bid no dis- tingdon but Its supremo rogard for certuin qualitics of churteler, gave those quulitics “un uxtraordinary culture, Thoy bocwmu notes of body ns welt us of soul, They regulutod the bulso, spun ke ucrves 10 A Nuer strand, son- sitized the wholo frame, Jike a phutographor's platg, to tuko the fwprossion of whutever bumua wood ¢camo nenr it. 'rbus tho wan be- camo all sympathy, but it thy under control. Ang it way this disciplined sympathy hig politences with a pecullar " ing. urnce which efiquet voinly strives to finftate. For the politeffess of 8 conrko nature {8 Buro th #oing way to beteny 1ta conreencss, It will bo 100 preclse and self-conselous, or overdo iself with pomnposity or obsequlousness, far want of that Yot unerring tnct of fine feeling which in ry inatinet of courtesy, This instinct the OM Vieginin gontleman. Aad. Thers wia no npucesalty for him o take thought of hig “deportinent, e oonld uot ba rude without specirl cfturt and a svnso of palu. Hls respect for others wus simply his respeet for the anlf he saw in thom, and whowe wotinds he folt instantly as his own. But for woman lhlnrelrm:l.w 3 more (han courteour; it was somathing devoutl. Hor delicncy, and purity, and purifying iove wero everywhere ns beauti- ful and sicrod to him an the altar-Latit of his mothor's eyes. e conld no more have kept bis sont in a strect-car whiln n lady stoad than be oult have put on a ball and chaltn by mistako lorfluny slippers. No wuariuesa of " day-long work coulil have even suggested to him the pos- albllity of an excose for tho fll-bred posture. (Anvluum] Hetier stny nway from home, he would have thought, and sleep in n cow.stait, than go to one’s wife with n seniso of coursencas that must turn her fondest _endearments into rebitkes; for whoso does not respeet womnan for woman’s sake ecannot rightly respeet tho womiphood of hla own famlis, Ilis public rudences expuses his private tyrauny. Depend ulmn It, his ungenlal hearth hna bo mother-In-law for {ts gunrdian ungel, At therofore, wo should rejoico. my comrades, that to this duy nor son, nor grandson, norgreat- grandson of thie Old Virsinin gentleman busever sat whilo o Indy stood: that, even If corrupted by foroign mnnners, his will ware passive, his Il?u are atill too well brod to enduro the cramp of #o low a sguat of manhood. 08 ‘This eultivated ensitivencss which rendered :hn old Virginfan's courtesy 0 aymputhotic and rue, MADE HIS HONOR QUICK to feel the shndow of & glur. I nin nware that honur is n fallen word. Jts prime and knightly mneaning bas became tongrel with commor uac, Lips, whoso pitrest utternnce would detile it beieh Jt out in drunken brawls. Clowne, lonfers, rowdies, gll bave sicred honor nowadnys, which thoy Loast themselves roady to for, uptwithstuuding the ~ houst 18 ns ridioploun as I they wore to talk of dyiug for their dueal coronets, Honor to tho 01d Vir- giniin signified tho contirmation of his self- respret by tho estecin of n class whose edecin could Indeod confer honor, Its code differed from morality and religion, in tbat while its Jaws might or milght not colncide with thelry, its motive wad neither ethical right, nor the Divine approval, but the {nfinit viue the wentleman BCY uPnn his pwn good nutue, in comparlson with which ail other ulng were cotnted ug of ess worth thin €0 miny frost-bitten potatoes, und without which life ftaelf would be the forefelt Ulister of perdition. Tho wentleman who did not #0 think lacked s proper notlon of his gentie- manly character, and had no right to complain if othcrs falled t pny bim tho houor hu fulled to pay himself. But_tbls bonor did not admit of dewrees. Llke chastity In n maiden, it was elther absolute ornot atall. It could not brook the lenst Jook, whisper, or ehrug of Hluslohm. Not to stand rendy on any occaslon to defend it with lifo waus 1o lose It nt once and forever, Cowandice was its unpardonable aln, Henco tha duol. No doubt the appeal to armna for the redross of private griovances was often a folly, and always a crime. I have mnot a_ word to ey "o its defense, Every law-loving citizen is gind thut the barbnrous custom is obsoleta, And get it must be ncknowledged that thio motlves wiich gove that custom n mnlmz above theStute were thomsclves noble,—ns el nobler than those which ordinarlly onter into sults for damages n8 a man's goul {8 nobler thun his packet or spleen. Nor wera the evils of duel- ing ball so great us thoy cominunly huve . been osoribed. So loog wa the code was conflned to wentlemon,, 1t dangers formed o stern sunction to the un- written laws of courtesy. Gentlemen did not cxchango plstol hots st twenty paces and then rush into each other's-nrms like muudlin idiots. Gentlomen _did not appolut o meoting snd jmmedistely reauest tho Chlef of Pollce to ongage 8 surgeon for tho feld. They took their weapuns to right what were felt us deep wrongd,—~wrongs which could be righted only by decp wounds, And the very fact that the ducl hud to bo fourht, and grimly fought, made the need for fighting rare, Slan- der, detriction, and libel are not frequont In communitics where thay sre punished as at- tempts to assasinuto charencter. People Apoke cnutiously of thelr nelghbors in Old Virginla, Even newspapers wero eivil there, Tluton no oceasion did THE OLD VIRGINIA GENTLEMAN APPEAR 50 - PERFECTLY himself as when his country home, roomy ns hisown heart, wad full of guests who bad come, not for au evering's frolic, but to enjoy solid week or month of bogpltality. Andenloytnent it was; for hospltudity was his forte, whereln hedly- pluyed not unly heart, but the bearing and wit which, too fond of lefsure to underiake the drul.ory of writiog books, delighted to play forth'in'a_half-boukisb, baif-buuteriug style of talk, As for money, he thoukht {t woll invested wiicn spent on the happlness of bia fricnds: and woile thoy wero under hbis roof ho knew nothine of the lapse of tlme: tlmg scemed ta tarry there with thom. Hesides, if time went on, what of itl "T'ho furm would stay, Corn und tobgeco woulll a0t run awny. ftning could nelther be seared back uor whlstied for- ward, The negroes worked to_an inward tune, und thelr hues would rlso and fall to about the B1NI6 meusure when by thomeelves ns when un- der watehk, Besides, e did not cure to drive hls bunds, 1t was by thelr heaithy incrense that his capital grew, whilo the aunual yleld of the furm slmply brought clothes and grocerivs, with a few additiona! horses and mules, nnd g sum- mer trip for the whito folks to the Springs, If ho owed any debts he felt ublo to_owo them, Thers was nodunger of o dun. Todun nn old Virginla gontleman wero to shake tho very foundations of socicty, Husl- ness wight wait, but bospltsiity neve: 0. lLet tho duys go smoatnly on, and every day be sure to tond tho tablol Tt i8'made of Vireluta wood, and will not rmfln Itko tho tables you read about, but will boar Its burden as proudiy ns a Curintian column bears its capital, Lay on alt tho dishes at once. Take no ndvantage by coursos of tho ignorance of tho gucsls who wight slgh that thoy had eaten o tnuch of tho Mlirst courso as to prevent thelr doln, tho falr ond honoratlo thing by tha lust. Lot thom sce ut once tho inu- terlal thoy have to muld nto_most comlostable rotundity, or, to put it more ieathotically, as Dedd of various flowors shows a fudy [n a gluoco bow many of cach hue to oull lnorder to com- pose n beautiful nosegny, 8o may this parterro of edibles dlsclose to ovory guest how taprepare, ateconiing to his own taste, tho must exquisit mouth-gay, [Loughter.] Not te mentlon tho cointon dishos, here 18 bum cured by my tndy in smoke of hickory, and with secret nrt which hus Iven the meat a flavor that sbalt wmnke all bogs unceforth cthereal in your oyes. Iere js mutton In whosu juices you cin detect the heavy dows that sweeten mountain herbuge. MERE 18 FRIED CIHICKEN whose unotuous smack only a Methodist prench- er could deseribo, und not cven he, except on the third day of a enmpemceting, when all his powe ers aro duly clnto, Horw are corn-dumplings and greens, which, if & Roman Buveror had sampled, ho would have loat from that mnomentull wride in ronst {wucflck. though its very tail wero apreud upon his tuble.” Here, also; ts overy spe- clesof hot bread, l’nr\lr‘(lhln hospltality s too warm to offer uny other kind [lsughter and ap- pluuse]l; but hoo oakes, Tolls, ogg-bread, hot — Satty Lunn—yes, all toguthur, and sieened In inolton bulllon of but- ter, promising nrich, nifectionate glow to the atomach that cmbraces thow, Ani horo fur pas- try are tndiun pudding, sliced swoot potutous pie with a mlld braody Havor, and a huru pun of penack cobblers, which, when openedd, will sing to 'nll:'dpnlnm u more deliolons ditty than the King hunrd from bk dainty dish of four and twonty blnokblrus. Strange to uny, no llquor 18 on thy table, not oxactly beenuse tho O Virginla gon- tletman was i lnruhlhluonh\nr teototalor, for ot hot tectotalizm and protibition fore unheard of In s duy, but with hiim alwavs to tako his HTIIur about ten mintttes bofore guing to tho tuble. And uow - for sport. Go to bod early and droum, not of emmmmrlnm rod, or gun, but #toep soundly und rise with tho Jate moon, The hursea will b ut the gate ready tor your mount- Dy duwn you will baveatarted o fox, sud then you who have never heard the straln be- fore will fearn for tho tirst tme In your life what musio 183 mualc that scoms to lksue from the ground as If tho earth herdelf wero singing 1 atue song: musio that enters your horses’ feet and makes tholr steps kbt us If on paths of alr; iy that steals In1o yone volugand tukes the phico of blood, and sends prima donnu sensa- tlons up your huckbono und under your senip, wnd and round round o trilt- \m{ cddics awong the ruuts of - your hair,—tho musie of & pack of hounds with nil the burmonio parts,” buse, alto, tenor, treble, in full rondeau of pursult. Hy :h muslo dissol , you nre lost at lust n'u pans thoistio heaven. “Natiiro has taken f’uu back to bersolf, una mipgled your soul and body with her oluneuts, You finve become a breezo thus blows swift aud swifter on, careless whither, so lunr as [t beurs with it the sweot, tonly, g ous atmospliers of Old Virginia, (Loud ap- Panie.] THE YOUNG PEOPLE, and tho middle-aged, too, thon repaired to the duncing-hall, whure they spent 1wo or threo bours in duncing, Juwes Lan Allen belig Mastor of Cerciuonles, und John M. Dandy, W, It Worrsll, and James B, Wallor, Jr,, ussistants, e ——— OPERA AT CINCINNATI, Bpecial Dispateh o Ths Chicagn Triduns, CINCINNATI, O, Feb, 24,—~Tha porfurmance of Bozart' fugio Fluto" tu-night was tho cul- wination of tha gpera festival, 60 far as Interest I8 concernca, Tho cust embraced nearly nll tho loading siogers In Mr, Maples son's troupe,~Gorster, Valluria, Auna Loufso Carry, Bollocs, Rlcel, Del Puonto, Lazzarlnl, Montl, Novara, and kalf 8 dozen oth. ers, ‘This brilllant constellution was supported Ly u chorus of 330 voloed und an orchestrs of 10, The grouping Of so wany urtists in ong performanco kuve un extra vilue to tickots, knd speculators readlly ronlized from §6 to Sl0nseat. Th opern was put on with suporh wppolnte mieuts, tho vast stuge yglving scope for wrand offcots, The Egyptian lundscapes and scenes within tho temples of lels and Oslrls wers surprisiogly realistic. ‘The work of the churus wus wuch wors satlvfactory thuno ou the open- ing night, the eusy numbers of Moart bulng buiter adanted 10 tho B0MEWBLL FAY BWALCUL LA« beeause 1t wais [@mintter of principle d.. terinlthan the intricate measuresof Waaner. The bonors of tha avening wero fairly borne &t by Valleria, Del Puente, and Gerster. 'The Iattor hos not, until to-night, awakencd any enthual- asm, but her surprising cxccution of the bravura _passages in the rilo of tho Queen. - whcre T nbove the efaft ocenrs bail 8 dozen times, took tho Audlence = by :l.(’:;]m. There wero prosent to-night —about- penple, ns near ng u?um o cnloulated, and the rudienco wan iy guality and appenrance ona of the most brillinnt that bad ever nssembled in Cincinnatl, It [sestimried that tho cost of tioks ets for tho week, including premium upon ro- Aerved-sonta and dvinea prioos paid 1o specii- [ntors, will rnnyo from 876000 to 280,000, Thoe house to-night reprosonted nb D THE DIAMOND STEALER. Frunk Qriflin, a worthless colored. man of abaut 25 yenrs of age, waa sreested Inst evening while drunk ou State street by Detectives Ender and Long. The polico hive been looking for him for a long tmo, but be bas shrewdly eluded them by changing his quarters almost every day. Some threo months ngo Griftin was employed as a roustabout in the saloon kept by Willinni durrett at the corner of Carpenter wad Lake streets, nod one diy when e hiad been lert u-mpnmrll{ alane In the place he ransacked the rrloon ad Iiving upartinents ndjoining, and gathering up ahout ExX worlh monds “and other Jowelry, and fine clothing, skipped " out for his ustal resorts ju the = Sonth Divislon, For suvernl duya the colored peopln were drazled by the rings imi moncy he exhiblted, but Just a8 the police were about to nncmngl!an his nrrest he Jumped for parts unknowt, When capturord last night he was a8 rugged and disreputabie louking us cvi ke, T R INDIAN OUTRAGES IN MEXICO, 81 Louis, Mo., Feb, 22.—A dispateht from El Paso, T'ox., says news has been recelved there from Chihuahug, Mex,, that the In- ians are agaln on the war-path in that re. gion, ‘Two huadred of then atiacked a set- tlement near Carrolns n few days nfio and plan- of din~ silyesrware, led several women and ehildren an dered the place. —r——— -Bvery Ni glanacr will _welcome Hhakers' Sursnpnrilla as an old fri e or gome one of his fantly Is ind through the eritieal po Dbility that come to oV BUSINESS_NOTICES. Arend?s umyas fn Winter Cholera, From E. M. Hule, M. D.2 DeAn Sm: No doubt it will bo gratifylng to you Lo know i sour efforta to produco & plre and valusbie artiele of Kumyss ure not without reward,—not only pecinlarily, but ulso in the reliof of huwman autfering. 1 therofure gladly report to you tho gratify- Ing success L have bt with this dietetic agent in the trertment of the cpldemic didrrhca so provalent this winter. 1 bave bad ten untisunlly sovere and intracta- ble.cnses, which resisted tho best areanged diet and best selected mediclnes. Not untll T put them upon an exclusive diet of Kwnyxs did they show read Improvement. — Utider it use thoy nil fmproved rapldly, and thoir convilescence wis not attended by the usunl relnpses, 1€ this epi- demije continues, or if In tho lator months it assumes a mord serfous churacter, 1 bellevo Kumyss will prove an_indispensable ald to the physfeinn in its treatinent, To A, Arend, Chiengo. tho 'To the Consumy &4 Inanguish under tho fatal severlty through uny pulmonary compiaint, or even thuse who are I decided consumpdon, by ne menns despnir. ‘There isn safe und sure rem- edy nt hatd, and one easlly tried, ¢ 1Witbor's Compound of Cod-Liver Ol ‘ang Lime," without possesefug tho \'l&:”)‘ nauscating flavor ot the Ol as heretofore used, |s endowed by the Phospbato of Lime with n hcnllh?' property which ronders the Oll doublo cllicacious, Remarkable teati- monluls of Its efticacy cun bo shown. Eold by A, 1L AV1iLoon, Chemist, Boston, and all druggiste e —— No wonder the nrmo of Burnett s so well known; nsk for the best flnvoring cxtracts in noy port of the warld and Burnctt's nre hat‘mlcdlreu. At lust the forcigners aro finding this out. ‘Tho grent distingzuishing feature of Rodding's Russin Salve {8 1ts power to reduce Intlanmtiol B ——— HORFEHOUND AND TAR, “Nothing without Labour® HOREHgUND&TAR 7 Invariably Cures Coughs Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throats, Asthma, Croup, and all Affec- tions og the Breathing Organs. Its soothing influenco mpon tho kritated r pastages Is duc fo tho fact that Its Ingredients are tho most efficaclous pultnonics known, tho basts of tha article belng the honey of tho lorehound plant, chemically united with the Ables Dalyamen, or Balm of Gllead. There aro besldes five other botanie elemients which glvo naditlonal eficacy. Thoso who have used It say that Hale's Honoy of Horehouud and Tar {s wonder- fully remedial In nll cases where the organs of respiration are affected, and that Jts actlon is unusually rapld, It contalns mothing that candisorderthestonach; it hasan extremaly ngrecable fiavor, and 1s sold at a figure which enables those gf tho most limited meuns to avall themsolves of its virtues, Children derive great beneflt from Its soothing properties when suflering with Croup and Whoaping Cough. Pricos—0B00, and 81 per bottlo; largest, choapost, SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. C.N. CRITTENTON, Sole Prop'r, N.Y. el Bt (s I PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS. ovamiaate e LB Lt UL ki BAKING POWDER. | TETE] CONTRAST! Whilo other Raklng Powders ars largely ADUL- TERATED with ALUM aud otlier hurtful drugs, J has been kept: UNCITANGED uflll and wholesomenes Ti5 BAVRCY, MEALTMRCLNENS, PULITY, and EFEECTIVENESS, fa THE FACT of ite belu? wsed to-day, from Nurth to Bauth, (row Eant to West, lu e howea of the rich and poor, where It has teen used fur the last 15 years, R PURE FRUIT ACID BAKING POWDER. NEVER BOLD IN BULK. Aade by STEELE & PRICE, Lupullu Yeast U Bpeclt] Pevorbus Extractss eie” Uhlcego sud St Loufa in all of its orlginal ‘The best evidence of CANARIES. et ¥