Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 17, 1881, Page 22

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: -SUNDAY, APRIL. 17, 1881—TWENTY-FOUR ‘PAGES. “BESL ESTATE AND LOANS. ee ee. GEO. M. BOGUE, - RRL ESTATE AGENCY ROOM 8 REAPER BLOCK, No. 7 Clark-st., Chicago. bought and sold on commission. epebarauontion xiven to tecare and management of Iteal Estate. faxes paid und Kents collected. . Taterelis of non-residents carefally looked after. S. H. Kerfoot & Co., REAL ESTATE BROKERS, gt Dearborn-st. Since 1852 we have been engaged In the Regular REAL ESTATE AGENCY ‘Inthe City of Chicago, and have at all times for sale Real Property. ev erT Hi SIL SSPON DENCE SOLICITED. F.A.BRAGG & CO. Real Estate Loans. QI ‘Washington-st. H. J. GOODRICH, S61 MAJOR BLOCK, 3145 LA SALLE-ST. Real Estate. First-class Business, Residence, Manufacturing, and cre Property represented. ‘The attention of capital seeking investment solicited Expert in Real Estate Valaauons. {ONEY TO COAN On Chicago Real Estate in sums of $1,000 Fluctuations to $100,000, at lowest rates. HENRY WALLER, JR., 97 Dearborn-st. - A. LOEB & BRO. Money Loaned on Real Estate 129 & 131 La Salle-st. GRIFFIN & DWIGHT, WEST SIDE Real Estate and Loan Brokers, Cor. Washington and Halsted-sts. BAIRD & BRADLEY, Tan, Real Estale, & Renting Agency, No. go La Salle-st. Money to Loan ON IMPROVED REAL ESTATE, AT SIX PER CENT. ‘WM. V. JACOBS, 200 Dearborn-st. (Basement), Apply to ‘FRANCIS B. PEABODY & CO. LOANS UPON REAL ESTATE. - Interest rate, G per cent. AGENTS FOR SALE OF REAL ESTATE. 174 Dearborn-st. E. S. DREYER & CO., BANKERS, _ LOANS AND REAL ESTATE, 88 Washington-st., Chicago. HUTCHINSON BROS., REAL ESTATE DEALERS LOAN BROKERS, 110 Dearborn-st., Room 15, Chicago. OAK PARK REAL ESTATE SIMPSON DUNLOP Room 29, 142 Dearborn-st. CHICAGO REALESTATE CLL BOARD MONTHLY SALES AT AUCTION. CHANDLER & CO., Trustees. W. K. NIXON, Manager. 116 & 118 Dearborn-st. CHANDLER & CO., Mortgage Bankers, LOANS ON REAL ESTATE, NO. 72 DEARBORN-ST. Chas. A. Schmidt, LOAN, REAL ESTATE, AND RENTING AGENCY, 46 SOUTH CLARK-ST., Carver Building. main floor. CILICAGO, TO RENT. A North-Side Residence FOR RENT. A Furnished Residence, with Large Improved Grounds, fronting on Lincoln Park, 0 minutes by strect-car tu Court-House. First-class in all respects. ‘Will be rented for £1,800 ner yearor #1,2N for six sum- aner months, to a good party, cuaranteeing proper use of furniture. Address G ¢4 ‘Tribune uffice. AGAINST POLYGAMY. Sourn Benn, Ind., April 15—Mormon polygamy was made the subject of an over- ture Wednesday in the First Presbyterian Church of this city, by the Presbytery of Logansport to the General Assembly of the Presbytecian Church asking them to take such action 2s will most effectually aid in ridding our National Territories of this great wrong. And the following resolutions were adopted by the Classis of Michigan at its tlosing session in the Reformed Church on Monday evening. Resolved, That the Classis of Michican of the Reformed Church in America, in semi-annual Sessivo at South Bend, Ind., April 11, 18sl, hereby declare our bearty approval of the utterances of the President of the United States in his inau- gural address about Mormon polygamy; and, since itis monstrous anomaly tht bigams, which is punished as a crime by the States of the Union within their boundaries, is tolerated and permitted to spread by the United States in its Territories, and that walle Stute criminals are in penitentiaries a United States Territorial rriminal is in Congress.—we respectfully but Verp carnestly urge our National Legislature’ to enact, and our President to enforce, such {nws sad regulations as will, with thorough etfective- hess snd the leust possible delay, erase this “ foul blot from our National Territory, reputation, and character. dtcsolted, That the Stated Clerk of Classis be directed to send certified cupies of these resolu- Uons to President James A. Gartield and tocach of the Nanoual Representatives and Senators in Congress who were elected by the constituencies vf which the members of our Churches and con- gregations form a part. ————____ Parents, do not use vile drugs or nostrums in your families, but use pure Hop Bitters. REAL ESTATE. Strong Demand _for Residence Property—Large Sale in Hyde Park. about $180 a foo! B place. Recent sales by the Bishop in the same locality have been at the rate of $150 a foot. : Division street is filled tothe Lake-Shore drive, and is paved from State street to Astor. One great advantage North State street has is that itison high e enceof many fect in grade between te, street and the Lake-Shore drive. It is also well drained, i the street are of enormous size, and furnish at_the corner of Burton land. There is a differ- we ‘The old brewery ‘sewers on unusual drainage. Astor street, adjacent to Rapid Growth of North State Street, Between Division and Lin- coln Park, Building Enterprise Reviving -— New Costly Office Buildings, Stores, and Houses. in the Prices of Building. Material and Wages. Bonlevard on the North Side to Lincoln Park-Vacation of La Salle Street. $100 to $135 the prosperity of. North State strect ascribed to the fact that purchases have been an streets by crowding them with undesirable houses, have been excluded. North State, forms part of the same neigh- borhood, -Sites for homes have been bought there by Mr. Victor Lawson who owns 80 feet on the corner of Bank, and next to him by Mr. Robert. Waller, who has 80 feet. East of them on the opposit side of the street, Mr, George IL; Taylor bought 160 feet at $70 a foot. One hundred dollars a foot has since been refused for this property, aI has taken the next corner south, and opposit Waller, Mr. James Ward, and Dr, Tooker 3 Lightner and Houghtaling > feet each at about $60 a These lots are now — worth a foot. One cause of IS nade by persons who bought for themselves, dd that speculative builders, who ruin REFORM-SCHOOL GROUNDS. The proposals for the old Reform-School grounds, between Forty-second and Forty- third streets, Cottage Grove avente and the Illinois Central Railroad track, embracing lotson Drexel boulevard, Ellis avenue, and RESIDENCE PROPERTYIN DEMAND. | Hyde Park or Lake avenue, were rejected by Sales of real estate have been fairly active the past week. The demand is good, and with brightening weather will rapidly im- the County Commissioners as inadequate in price. Why better bids were not recei easily explained in the fact that they were ‘ed is prove. Residence proverty in lots and acres | subject to the approval of the Commissioners. seems to be most in request. Thomas & Putnam have sold S0x180feet on the northwest corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-ninth street, with buildings, tor | | $40,000; 30x176, east front on Prairie avenue, 110 feet south of Eighteenth street, for $14,500 and commissions; and the premis Prairie avenue for $11,000, a Forty-third Street Station to Drexel boule- No. 2406 | vard is paralyzed, owing to the dead weight ofthis Reform-School property. ‘The county 3 It is now pretty well known that they would notaccept prices acceptable tu speculators. If these lots were thrown open to people out- side of large capitalists, they would meet with very rapid sale. The whole vicinity from Mrs. Elizabeth McEvers Bayard, of New aves it 4° oe aes 2 ito pe att tale K, bh Id during the ‘past week, | mark ed sible, ee ee < bay waste tract between the city” and through her agent, Samuel Gehr, her entire interest in the “Bayard and Palmer Addi- tion” for $100,000. It comprised 652 feet on | ™ Drexel boulevard, 667 feet on Ellis avenue, and 710 feeton Hyde Park avenue, all lying between Forty-first and forty-second streets. | v The: purchasers were. William H. Ferry, | } John V. Farwell, Jr., Henry S$. Turner, and Will A. Band, all of Chicago. the lot at the southeast corner of Randolph and Market, which he boughta few months ago for $123,000... Fieldhouse, Duteher & Belden have bought warehouse No. 30-32 West Monroe of F. D. Meacham for $17,000. William Hopkinson reports the following recent sales at Washington Ileights: Five acres in Block 4, $2,000; 5 acres in Block 5, $1,800; Lots 5, 6, and 7, Block 51, $2,250; Lots 2% and 21, Block 6, Hilliard & Dobbins’ First Addition, $600; Lots 1 and 2, Block 2, Hilliard & Hirt’s Subdivision, $100; 14 acres in H. Welp’s Addition, Sec. 8, 37, 14, $350 per acre, and taxes for 1880; 6S acres in Sec. 6, 37, 14, $275 peracre. E. A. Cummings & Co. sold 200x110 feet on | ! the corner of Congress and Aberdeen streets for $10,000. Shrader Bros. also sold 12 lots east of Hum- 1 boldt Park and south of North avenue to John Johnsten, Jr. George C. Clarke & Co. sold a lot 26x94, tirely out of their province. land SELLE EY, should notte be sold,—and sosold that every one who has means can Conrad Seipp has been offered $160,000 for | pure! cumpetition, furore 2s when the Jolin Wentworth tract was sold, K street, evidenced by the fact that the Bayara estate has just sold a large frontage adjoining the Reform-School -grounds on the north, on Lake avenue, Ellis avenue, and Drexel boulevard, for $100,000'to W. LL Ferry, John V. Farwell, Jr., and Turner & Bond. An examination of the map will show that the consideration was at the rate of 30a front foot on Ellis avenue and $80 on Drexel boulevard, and these are wholesale prices. fice buildings are now in the bursal dollars. Some stores to be begun soon inthe Kenwood can.be improved. The county will realize much more in immediate in- crease of taxable property by -having hand- some than by holding on for an advance. -It is improvements going up on the lots very doubtful policy for a County Goyern- ment to hold land on speculation. Now, when it? Let it be put up at public and. it will create as much years azo, near Thirty-fourth ‘That good prices can be obtained is BUILDING. Building is becoming more active. Two of- architects’ the dis- million will nearly involve half which of hands a nd on new wholesale district near the river, Wabash avenue, will egst at least $150,000. Several houses, palatial in size and cost, are with two-story_marble front residence, No. | to be put up this summer on the leading ave- 3015 Groveland Park avenue, for $7,000. 5} -\ stir has been made in real estate atSouth Park Station. The Illinois Centrai Railroad have begun their new depot there. It willbe one of the handsomest of their suburban de- pots. The prospect of its erection has excited a demand for lots in the vicinity.. Three lots have been sold near the depot on Hyde Park avenue, for $40 a foot, and property in the Vicinity sells readily at $30 to 340 2 foot. In the sales of the week 4937x179 feet on £ avenue, south of Twenty-second, 150x150 on Washington ~ avenue, | } ixth, with 100: feet adjoin- “4 ing’ on Jefferson street, $15, 50x176 on Michigan avenue, south of Twenty-sixth, 317,- 500; 25x800n Dearborn, north of Washington, $55,000; 20x100 on Lake, west of Franklin, $18,000; 10 acres.on west Ohio, near Califor- nia avenue, para 1911 Michigan avenue, north of Twenti fenth, 25x158, $18,000 ri on Prairie avenue, southwest cor fourth, with 231x160 opposit, $25,000; 50 8-10 x9, improved, on Michigan. avenue, south of Twenty-first, $16,000; 100 16-100x7914 . on Canal, northwest her of -Mouroe, with 79}¢x189 feet adj ing on Monroe, $60,000; 50x150 on Grand boulevard, south of Forty-second, 325,000; 710 feet on Hyde Park avenue, northwest corner of Clinton, with 105 $-10 feet to alley in same subdivision, $22,000; 73x120 on West Congress, northeast corner. of Throop, $6,000; 4010 Cottage Grove avenue, $5,500; 20x1t 09 on Iluron, west of | 2 Dearborn avenue, $6,250; 60x18) on West Randolph, east_of Ada, 38,000; 107 feet: on West Ewing to Polk, east of Halsted, $10.000; 48x10814, improved, on i Michigan avenue, $11,000: north of Warmon, $12,000; 6Ox161, improved, on Prairie avenue, north of Forty-tirst, $8,500, ‘The Missouri Land Company of Scotland season will be 250,000,000 brick. i after the fire 300,000,000 were made inside the city limits, and the market was glutted. The new Pullman yards will make all the brick needed at Pullman, South Chieago, and the neighboring towns. It will be five or six weeks before any new brick will come on the market, Threats of strikes have also in- terfered with the it contractors. But th: it selt, anda constant immigration of new labo: will keep the market steady. and masons have agreed upon $3.50 per da. but the carpenters, who have no Union or other trade organization, are al! mixed up, and will probably ask $3 perday. ‘The ad- vance on 1880 will probably not be more than be allowed for a Among the plumbers wages will range 20 to 3] per cent and material 10 per cent higherthan Thirty-first, east of | last year. 320x138 on State, ee day, while this spring they command $3. nues, Loans already exhibit an increase, due to a multitnde of smaller building enter- prises, which added up will cost a great deal of money. Capitalists have been hesitating about mak- .ing contracts on account of the uncertainty of prices rather than because they were so extravagantly high. spoken of, but contracts can be made fornew brick at $7 to $7.50 a thousand; but builders Old brick are not to be stablished will fhe product this The year hope the new yards to bi make them still cheaper. iS of capitalists and ificulty is settling it- Brick! iY per cent, but a margin 5 per cent. the pre i Gling uncer in 1880 plumbers received $2.50 Drainage worl will cost about the same as Jast year. During the winter the drain-pipe men got together and shoved up the. prices of drain-} ve 5 per cent. Laborers who re- has bought of the St. Louis & San Franc ived r day in 1880° wi $2 thi Raltrond, through Sidway, Bogue & Co. 1. Sean Dranlayers, “who in es od ga sourl, abou 2, 500 acres in Barry County, Mi 275 miles southwest of St. Louis. The prop- per day, will command $2 Contractors brick, 70 to 75 75, are now paying $8.50 to $11 erty was selected by Mr. Goodlet, a farmer | cents per barrel for lime, $1.25 fe a of Bolshaw, Ailroath, Scotland, and L, B. Sid- Souiseiile cement, 33. 50" Sle aay Yuen. arid Nay in June last. fvisatine farming county, | Jayers and masons, $2.75 for carpenters, and and has over 14,000 population and sixty pub- | $1.75 for laborers. In the spring of 1SS0 lic schools. It was selected chietly for cli- | brick cost $6 to $6.75 per thousand and in the inate and adaptability for stock-growing. fall $7. Last-year they paid imasons and will furnish homes for Scoteh farmers, but | bricklayérs $3 and laborers $1.50 per day; the Directors do not believe in colonies. ‘They think the Scotch will learn farming in America and become acquainted with the ways of the peaple sooner, and be so far bet- ter off, by being settled among Americans. With that view they aim to sell fully half to Americans. ‘Lhe Scotechmen who have already arrived, and the American purchasers so far, will all breed the same variety of fine mutton sheep, and many of the old settlers are disposed to join in with them. At least until the tame grass, summer and winter pastures, are strong enough for cattlevit is expected that tine mutton sheep will be made a specialty, and probably will continue to beso. L. B. Sidway is the American Director of the Company, and as such assumes the gen- eral management, The Company has no connection with any emigrant scheme. NORTH STATE STRE North State street, north of Division, has within a few months improved very much, and is fast taking its place as the Prairie avenue of the North Side, It will be opened this season into Lincoin Park. Property is passing into desirable hands, and values have advanced considerably. Lots that were offered twelve months ago without takers at $100 a foot cannot now be bought at $125 a foot On the northwest corner of State street and Goethe, 100 Seet that were some time ago offered at $150 2 foot have just been sold for $i75 a fvot. A handsome residence will be built here at once. Mr. Bartholomae has sold to Mr. Ful- ler, of Fuller & Fuller, his place on North State street, north of Goethe, 125x130, with a fine brown stone house and beautiful grounds, for $45,000,—an advance on the figures‘asked u few months ago. Property between Goethe and Bank streets has been bought since last fall at $125 to $159 a foot, and is not now to ‘be had for less than $150 to $200. Purchases have been made here by Mr. John K. Stear of Stearns & Dickinson, Dr. MacArthur, Mr C. Ui. Cutler, Mr. Abraham Poole, Mr. Charles C.-Yoe, and others. There was 2 brewery last year between Goethe and Scott streeis, but this has gone, and in its place are tivo pleasant houses, one of which has been purchased by Mr. Charles C. Yoe. Mr. D. K Pearsons some time since bought 1 feet on the southeast corner of Scott street at $100 a foot; within a few weeks has purchased forty-four feet on the opposit corner at $150a fou On this ground he will build to rent or sell six or eight houses of muck better quality than are usually put up by builders for other people to live in, On the southeast corner ot Goethe Mr. Ber- ger has bought 56x75, on which he will build this season a tne residence ror himself. Pot- ter Palmer bought for investment a few jnonths ago 50x130, near the malt-house.. Mr. Bartholomae, determined not to leave the street, has secured for himself the southwest corner of Schiller, just north of the malt- house, for $110 a foot for 120 feet, But four months ago this property was offered at $93 afoot. ‘the Catholic Bishop last year sold to Mr. S. H. Wilcox 500 feet on speculation at rd troduced in New Yor cess. ‘Che plan is very ingenious, bringing the dining-room (which is usually a w: 4 twee! A fora Jie cost 60 cents and cement3$i.u5 per barrel. Messrs. Wheelock & Clay ‘are preparing plans: for « four-story store on. Wabash av- enue and Jackson street, for L. L. Coburn, Esy. Also for a first-class apartment house, 40x80 feet, upon the “duplex” or “overlap- ping” principle, which has been recently in- y With great suc- Cc ste, room) en stiite with the parlor and library, and gives larger and more desirable cham- bers than in the ordinary arrangement, giv- ing at the same time two eight-room flats on each floor. Architect Hansen has completed a contract dsome house for R. S. Burger, of E. & Co. It will bea double hous x88, at Goethe and State streets, made of pressed brick, with black mortar and Co- jumbia stone trimming. ‘The cost will be be- $5,000 and $6,000. m of architects have a contract out Superior house, on the North Side, , tor a well-known liquor-dealer. It will be trimmed with Philadelphia green stone, and the whole front will have a green- stone effect. Another notable house is to go up at On- tario and_ State streets, 32x70 feet in dimen- sions. It will bea high Gothic house, two stories anda basement, with gables on the front ofthe house. it will be made of ar- fecialt gray limestone, trimmed with terra- cotta. ; Arehitect H. M. Hanson has just begun operations on 2 contract fora double three story flat at Granger street, east of Sedgwi street, the cost ta be $10,000. ‘The contract at the raised prices. Each flat will rooms, and euts are made in the so that every room is open to the day- Chicago is to have a new Haverly’s Then- tre, perfect in all its appointments, and cen- tral in its location. The trade for the Jand dias been made, and the plans are ready. Plans are being perfected for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy building on Franklin street and the Brooks building on Monroe. ‘The aggregate enst will be not much less than half a million dollars. ‘The Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick Com- pany, whose purchase of seven aeres at the intersection yf the Chicago & Northwestern Railruad for $15,000 was reported sume time ago in Tur Trwune, have begun the col- jection of the materiats for their works, The main building will havea front of 171 fect along the railway and 230 feet back. The centre will be three stories high, ronning back, and each side two stories.” It will be built of brick, and will cost $25,000. fhe structure will contain eight permanent brick-kilns, eight for ,brick-molding, and_the same number of grinding-machine kilns. The capacity of these will be: 50,000 bricks ber day, or some 16,000,000 annually. ‘The machinery will be run by a Corli zine of fifty horse-power, ‘The clay in use will be ated at La Salle. ‘The machinery will cont 7 1000, sod echt ve men will be Su oyed vously. ‘Lhe Company wi build 300 feet of dockage at a cost ut S800, The products of the works will be a red pressed brick, free from saltpetre, a black and colored brick, and terra-cotta to match; It is en-- also fire-brick from clay procured at La Salle. Building permits were issued during the week to Howard Grey, to erect a three-story tannery, 41x116 feet, North Halsted street, John prety near the North Branch, to cost $11,000; Bischoff, to erect a two-story dwelling, feet, 43 Augusta street, to cost $2,200; Sheldon, to put up five three-story and base- ment dwellings, 20x36 feet each, numbered from 20 to 26 Lincoln avenue, to cost $10.000; P. O. Lundstrom. for a three-story and: base- ment dwelling, 25x60 feet, northwest corner of Grant place and Sedgewick street, to cost. $6,000; D. Gradt, to put up a two-story and basement dwelling, 22x5£ feet, No. 2 Lisle street, to cost $3,000; A. Orlup, fora two- story and cellar dwelling, 10)¢xt0 feet, 3148 Groveland Park avenue, to cost $3,000; U. P. Smith, to put up two two-story basement and attic dwellings, 50x62 feet, Lake Park avenue and Thirty-third strect, to cost $18,000; to Peter Buttrock, for a two-story, basément, and attic dwelling, 21x44 feet, No. 360 North Paulina street, to cost $1,600; L. Kohtz, to build a threestory, basement, and attic dweiling, 2x72 feet, No. 510° North Wells street, to cost $7,800; E. Lange, for a two- story store and dwelling, 25x68 feet, No. 3518 State street, to cast $3,600. * Up to the middle of last week 697 building permits have been issued this year by the Building Inspection Department, but very few of them were for buildings of any s Large numbers of pine-wood cottages are being built within the city limits in v of the fire ordinance. ‘he favorit locality for such homes isin the northwestern part of the city, where a Jargecolony of Poles are settling. Upon an irregularly-shaped lot on the corner of Blanche and Fleetwood streets, no less than thirteen of ‘these cottages have recently been erected, and a corps of carpen- ters are still at work building more. Upon the ten-ncre block on the corner of Bradley and Noble streets are four of the newly- erected cottages, and on the block to the northwest of it 2 row of sever! are standing back of row of regular dwellings facing upon the street. ‘These houses cost $100 each, and rent for $25 a year. Mayor Jarri- son does not seem to regard the building of these traps with an disfavor. le thinks the fire ordinance ought to have been amended long ago. It is entirely toosweeping, in favor of permitting the erection of fi es acertain distance apart upon which is now comparatively worthless. easily be done upon acre or ey a ded property not yet sold. ‘This would bepelit the city by increasing the value of the property und adding to the taxable value, LOANS. The transactions in real-estate loans have been unusually heavy this week. -As here- tofore, a large portion is to buy or improve proverty and is not generally an additional or new burden on property already held. Seven per cent is the prevailing rate, though good security and large loans on long time occa- sionally get more favorable terms. Among the large loans were $20,000 at 63¢ for five years on lots in Parker’s Subdivision ; $16,000 at 6 per cent for three years on lots in Block 8, School Section: $40,000 for four and tive years at 7 percent on lots in Waller’s Subdi- vision ; $10,000 at 7 per cent for five years on lots in Block 50, Scliool Section ; $38,500 for three years at6 per centon Jots corner of Ellis and Clinton avenues; $25,000 for years at6 percent on lots in Duncan’s a dition. The following shows the aggregate trans- actions for the week: Number, Consideration. - B $205,011 Mortgages . ‘Trust deeds. Hd Total........ $619,605 BOULEVARDS AND STREETS. The Committee on Streets and Alleys, South, met Friday to consider the vaca- tion of. La Salle street for the new Board of Trade. The attorney for. the Rock Island Road submitted a draft of an ordinance, and with this there was a contract, of dedication from all the parties interested in the ‘Tracy estate, giving the city a clear title to the property. The attorney forthe Tracy heirs also promised to give a bond binding the ‘Tracy heirs to hold the city. harmless. All the papers were submitted to the Corpora- tron Counsel. The North Division, following the example of the two other parts of the city, is deter- mined to havea boulevard toits park. A petition hasbeen presented to the Council asking it to authorize the boulevarding of Rush street from Iinois toChicago avenue; Chicago avenue from Rush ‘street to Dear- born avenue, and Dearborn avenue to Lin- coln Park. It has been signed by nearly all the property-owners interested. - Less than 500 feet of Dearborn avenue frontage are un- represented. Nearly every foot of front on Rush street is represented on the petition, and a great deal more than the ma- jority of the trontage on Chicago avenue is iso represented on the petition. The Cath- olic Archbishop, in whose name isa good deal of property fronting on Chicago avenue, —this property including all the block bounded by Chicago avenue, Cass, Dearborn avenue, and Superior street, and also the St. Joseph’s Church p ty,—has signed it ‘The defeat of the previous schemes was due to the fact that two rival routes were up be- fore the Council together, and killed each other. In the present movement all these contlicting interests have been harmonized. ‘The South Park Comiissioners have de- cided, on accountof the failure of the Com- mon Council to make an appropriation for its part of the work, not to go ahead with the improvement of the Michigan avenue boulevard . between Jackson street and Lake Park place. ‘The collector of the Michigan avenue assessment is to notify persons who have paid the assessment upon property north of Lake Park place that the improve inent.cannot be prosecuted until the Council takes action in the premises, and that if they so sleet the money so paid will be refunded to them. It is proposed to improve the transit faciti- ties of the northern part of the city by run- ning a line of -omnibuses from Fullerton avenue down Elston road to poodle street, thence via Milwaukee avenue’ to the new ‘The vicinity of the Rolling- 1. populated, and it is believed that a company of ‘ind would prove to be profitable, as well as a great convenience, ‘The ‘property-owners along’ the Hine of North Park ayenue have deposited S800 for construction of the sewers to the Fullerton enue conduit, | an ordinance-has been passed for the im- provement of ‘Thirty-tifth street, from Grand boulevard to Michigan avenue, in a way similar to that followed on Michigan avenue, excent that it is to cost less. THE BELT ROAD. Acompans has been formed with a cap- ital of $5,000,000 to build a belt railroad around Chicago. It will be called the ** Chi- eago Belt Transfer Company.” The Direct- orsare Mr. George R. Dunlap, who _repre- sents the Wabash Line; Mr. J. N. MeCul- loch, of the Pennsylvania Lines; John New- ell, of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad; S. S, Merrill, of the Chicago, Mil- ukee & St. Paul Line; Mr. C. L. Bonney, John L. Beveridge, D. O. Strong, C. ey, and W. W. Hill, of the Pan-JLan- die. ‘The road will start irom South Chi- cago, and will run around the city, connect- ing with every railroad that enters it. Prop- erty-owners have given the right of way for five miles. Some of the companies whose lines are crossed will, it is said, do ail they can to obstruct the new enterprise. +3 CHICAGO SEWERAG To the Editor of The Chicaco Tribune. Mayrwoop, LIL, April 16.—The importance toeach citizen of Chicago of betier systems of sewerage, water supply, and transit make every suggestion of merit regarding it of great interest; and the column - headed “Gigantie Schemes,” in your recent ‘issue, must have occasioned much thought by those who read it. Itake the liberty of offering a few ideas which it suggested: Gen. McDowell’s plan, as stated, is so far ahead of the possibilities of the present that Lthink no one could do more than ad- inire its flattery for the prospects of Chica- go. The plan presented by Ald. Smyth has, however, some strong and practical points in its favor. Let us consider, first, the project of build- ing a main sewer in the bed of the river, into which all the sewers now entering the river shall empty. This would simply be contin- ing in its course what now flows free in the river. ‘The beauty of this idea is that what- ever plan shall eventually be decided upon for the disposal of the city’s Sewage, the construction of this great main would not become useless; but, on the contrary, since the river is now the chief main of the city, the building of this sewer is a necessary part of any plan that would relieve the river from its burden of filth, Whatever changes or developments the future may demand in our sewerage.- the existence of this proposed main could but be conducive to the desired end. In case the river were abandoned be- tween certain points, and tiled up as Ald. Smyth suggests, the cost of this sewer would be no very great affair; but, in case Ald. Smyth’s idea of abandonment were not ried ont, an expenditure of between $1,000, 000 and $2,000,000 would probably suflice for the construction of a length of this sewer with its connections, which would remove at once from the central portion of the city the unwholesome nastiness of the river. If it should finally be decided to discharge the city’s sewage into the lake another million dollars would send it far out to the East or South, This part of Ald. Smyth’s scheme is not necessarily connected with or dependent upon, the other things suggested by him, and, if it is a good idea, the only requsit for its execution is the supply of the neeessary means by the city. As its benefits would be immediate, and as it is a necessary part of any plan fora complete purification of the river, it would seem to merit early and eareful consideration. The digging of new_ and independent out- lets for cach branch of the river, and the fill- ing up of the intermediate portion of the river, a td to me the happiest possible solttion of another question of almost equal if not of greater importance, My idea is that all the railroads entering the city be led into the river channel thus deserted, and that a great and truly wiion pepot be built at or near the present junction of the North and South Branches of the river. This would open the way to, and make easy, an excellent sys- tem of rapid transit. The railroads could be. offered such advantages that they could be induced to vacate a large portion of. the Jand now occupied by them to the great det- riment of all property in the vicinity, and thus permit an incalculable improvement in a very considerable portion of the city. it seems to me that this scheme should re- ceive the hearty approval and ready support of every citizen and property-owner of Chi- cago, for there is searcely a single class that would not be benefited by its execution. No one will doubt for a moment that were this novel change made the increased value of the city would far more than pay for its oust. We might then rival Paris in cleanli- ness, -and cel any city in. the world in transit facilities. CHartes Sooyssiti, Civil Engineer. SATURDAY’S TRANSFERS. The following instruments were filed for record Saturday, April 16. CITY PROPERTY. West Van Buren st, 163 ft e of Centre av, gf, 20x1%8 ft, dated April 15 (Hugh A. Woatlte to William W, Wright)... 1,00 Centre ay, ne cor of Van Bure 242-10x143 ft, dated April - 2,500 Buren st, 201 ft 6 of Centre av, ft, dated April 15 (same to in B: Ww £, 24 2-10x143 ft, dated April 15 (same to stung) se West Van el sf, BUx178 ft, suune).. West Nini th st; 1, 48x125 ft, dated April 11(Lu etal. to Henry Glanninn).. Fourth ay, 100 ttn of Harrison st, sy, xi01 ft, dated Murch 30 (Daniel C. List to Frances Ey Puillips)......eseeseee eee Elk Grove st, 131 ft _n of West Clybourn av, w f, 100x125 ft, dated April 8 (Anna J.C. Marx to Ellen Gri efrcpasetnetnaescs Indiann av, 18 ft n of ‘Thirtieth st, wf, 78 feet, dated April 16 (H. und B. Weber to Jabez B. Stubbs)........ 2.25 Wentworth av, 5U tts of Thirtieth st, ¢ f, P5x125 tt, dated Mare 16 (James E. White to AlvisAmann oe Forquer st, 313 ft w of South Halste f,25x103 ft, improved, dated April’ 15 (B. ia and C. W. Castle to Hattie Con- neil)...... Indiana av, 23, ef, 253x100 3k), dated April 13 (George ene Hart) Clybourn ay, 1 ster, SW 9 20 ft, improved, dated March 29 (Cari Schrader to Frank Brening). West Lake st, 173 ft w oof Stuunto: %5x100 tt, dated April 9(V, C..and J. £ jompson to Willinm H. Sullivan). Goethe st, 104 ft w of North Clark, n £, 30x As4 ft, dated March 28 (Frunk Niesen to Andrew L, Willias sees perior st, 120 ft eof Dearborn av, n f, wuxl00 ft, dated April 12 (Muster in Chane o George C. Buell)... = North cor or Block st,s ft, 40x100 ft, with 2 4-10x100 ft on nw cor of North av and Hurlbut sts, improved, dated April 12 (Peter Ewert to PL & E, Muller) 3 North av, property April ¥ (Peter Muller to Peter Ewert Sedawick st, 164 ft n of North ay, wf, US ft, improved. dated April 16 (M & Rentz to M. O'Shaughnessy) West Madison st, near Sacramento, u {, x25 ft, dated Murch 18 (Emeline PF. Hail to W. H. Stubbings! . Johnson pluce, bet Thirty-eihth and ‘Phirty-ninth sts,e ftumproyved, dated April 16 WJ. C, Metcult to Frank P. Whipple)... sees State st, 144 ft n of Tuylor-st. e f° 50x 100 ft, dutea April 14 (Rudolph Migely to Henry G. F wes ease ‘The premises No. % Adu st, dated Aprit 19 (Thomas Lyman to Edward I. Cintk, trustee)...... . 200 ft n of iy , 24 S4-100x100 ft, dated April 16 ( ja Cbuncery to John Johnston, West Congress st, 21 fte of Lufili Enders to Frank Dvorak) : Fuilerton av, 8 w cor Cooper st, n x 120 ft, improved, duted April 16 (Henry ‘Tittt to Margaret McHenry) Girard st, 141 ft s of North ay, ¢ f, 100 ft, with other lots near the above.dated April 15 (C. W. Speers to William Loeb), 1,650 Girard st, sume lots as above, dated April 16 (William Loeb to William L. Moss)... 2,025 NORTH OF CITY LINTS WITHIN A RADIUS OF si MILES OF THE COURT-10USE. fte¢ of Ashtand, s f, April is (Louis Muller in st, 212 £1 dated “April 1,100 6,210 1,025 1,800 number Vuil to -- 12,000 1,550 11,100 1,000 1,550 25 3,000 31,000 00,200 ~. 1,803 1,625 1,000 Jasons, 475, CITY LIMITS WITHIN A RADIUS OF MILES OF THE COURT-HOUSE. fts of Forty-seventh, ef, 26 4-10xI25 ft, dated April 11(E. Church to E. L. Lewis)... seen es: Frederick place, 410 {t's of Chestnut ste | 1, 40x 103 tt, dated March 30 (Daniel C. Phillips)... nth st, 13744 ft woof Ashland = ft,dated April 13(C.Coun- selinann to E. Hanshultz)..... Wentworth av, 3 ft n of Fortietn st, ¢ f, 25xL2 ft, dated April 9(S. K. Hurtord to Patrick Weich). Dunean ay, near XE ft, dated James Curran} “4 Dunean ay, To! » dated April 9 (James Curran to Dennis Cur- SOUTH OF Forty-sev av, $f, 48x12 400 40 Justine st, 09 ft8 of Forty-ninth, ¢ f, 321 tt, dated April 16 (C. Counselman to D. Iand M. Larkin)... Se Forty-seventh st, e or ind nenr Stewart ay, Sf, 24 ft tonlley, dated April 15 (J. Hf. Price to E. Hergerton)......... Indiana av, no cor of Forty-second st, f, 3402x160 4-10 ft, dated April 16 (Mur- tin Andrews to Di Wentworth av, 7 1, 25x126 Ct, di pres to V Shurtlet® Straus to F. Bohn! 200 400 17,000 530 SUMMARY ‘FOR THE. WEER. The following is the total amount of city and suburban transfers within a radius of seven miles of the Court-Lfouse filed for record during the week ending Saturday, April 16: Location, City sales... North of South of city limits. West of city limits...... Total........ Total previous week. —=—<—————___—— Neediework Landscapes. Letler from Jennie Junc. Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.. has loog been known in Boston for her originality and skill in needicwork. Her first display of landscapes, in asort of sketchy embroidery in vivid colors, wus made in Boston several years ago, in con- nection with an exhibition of art needlework and brick-a-brac for the benefitot and under the auspices of the Art Decorutive Society of Boston, It may still be remembered that in a mention of thut exhibition, made trom a glimpse caught on tho wing coming through Boston, one piece of needlework was remurked us exhibited by Mrs. Holmes, for which she bad re- ceived $500. Severu: little supposititfous landscapes were displayed at the sume time which were thought very remarkabic, though it must. be ndimitted that a considera- ble elfort of the {mayination was needed to see a picture in them. Lately u large number, some dozen or more, have been exhibited fir Boston, and recently transferred to New York to thé rooms of the Ladies’ Art Decorative Society. which show a great advance in natural and picturesque cifect, and really look very much ike what they ure intended to represeat—scen Ata proper distance. Satins are used for back- grounds, shades of ‘blue und xray to form skies, the materials’ being aitferent kinds of silk and ‘rewels, An apple orchara is one of the pret- tiest and most daintily contrasted effects, and there Is a sea view that gives n good Idea of perspective, and shows u quantity of well- shaded and bistly-colored golden ref in. the foreground. There is great diversity in these neediework pictures,—one showing a wild heath, with snow swirling. all over it, and anothor & sunset upon a river, with trecs and houses upon its banks, GOSSIP FOR LADIES. “A-‘STYLISH NEW SPRING BON- NET.” 53 Maud 3filler in New York Sun. A girl may be both young and fair, A sweet and winning creature, She may have balr of golden hue And loveliness of feature; She muy be dressed in silt attire— Of such I write my sonnet— But to be perfect she must wear Astylish new spring bonnet. Satin its strings, modest its plume, A poke of broad dimensions, Thus should the bonnet fairly match Its wearer’s sweet pretensions; And when she shines with all her charms Casting their glow upon It, Our bearts und heads are ali bewitched Bg this line new spring bonnet. Although a lady may be plain— Yes, ugly us to feature: her eyes light green— Bier buir bright r In fact, x homely ereature; Yet if her bonnet is the style, ‘The Indies, dear, they’re bumant Wiil all exclaim as with one breath, Ob! what a charming woman! We see bright bonnets here and there Peep out like sweet spring towers; Well they combine the tuce and gold, ‘These dainty bats of ours! And, husbands, would you bave on earth ‘Tho happiest woman ou it? Take home, some pleasant April oight, \s Astylish new spring bonnet. wow TO GET MARRIED NOWA- DAYS. Harper's Bazar. The modern New York wedding ismodeled on the English style of doing things. The old Amerivan fashion of the bridemaids with attendant cavaliers entering the room or church arm in arm is entirely broken up, and the gentlemen ushers, who seat the company and who manage the business of. the wed- ding in the church, are compelled to enter first, without the solace of a feminine hand on the coat-sleeve. AC bride-elect begins, sometimes three months before her wedding-day, to invite her bridemaids, for there are dresses to be made and gifts selected. The groom chooses his best: man and his ushers, of whom there are generally six. These gentlemen receive from him eravats.and scarf-pins, and the groom frequently gives each bridemaid a locket. The bride often gives each. of her brideniaids, of whom there are also generally six, some small token of herregard; but not, as formerly, her dress. Bouquets are al- yays provided by the bride for her bride- maids. The church must be engaged for a fort- night ahead to avoid the gloomy catastrophe of meeting a funeral coming out, which has happened, and which is, of course, depress- ing. The clergyman and organist both need time to get themselves in order; and the florist, who is to decorate the altar with fresh-cut flowers and growing plants, aiso needs time; he also should have plenty of warning. When the happy day arrives the head ush- er xoes to the church an hour before the time to see thata white cord is stretched across the aisle, reserving pewsenough for the fam- ily and pa friends, and to see, in fact, that all de! re attended to. ‘The ushers should be in attendance early to seat peuple in convenient places, and goud manners and careful attentions, particularly to elderly people, make lifelong friends for these young gentlemen at the weddings Where they officiate. When the bride’s mother arrives the white cord is dropped, and she is taken to the front seat; all the family friends take their places near her in adjoining pe Then the clergyeome in and take their place: the altar, followed by the groom and his best man, who haye been safely guarded in the vestry-room, The groom Jooks down the aisle to watch for his coming bride. ‘The organ strikes up the wedding march as the. first couple of ushers are seen entering the church door. ‘They come in slowly, two and two, followed by the bride- maids, who bear bouquets of one color. ‘Lhen the bride enters, leaning on her fa- ther’s arm. A very pretty and becoming fash- ion is for the bride to wear her veil over her faee, throwing it back at the altar; but this is a mnatter of taste. + The ushers part company, going to the right and left. and remain standing on the lower step of the altar. The bridemaids also move to the right and left, next the altar rail, Jeaving a space for the couple who are to be married. ‘The’ bride i by the groom, who rece’ father as she mounts the first step. ‘The service then proceeds, the organ play- ing very softly until the prayer, when the music stops, and all join in the familiar words. Then the blessing is given, the clergyman congratulates the bride, and the pone people turn to leave the church, ful- lowed by all the bridemaids and ushers in reverse order. ls are_in waiting in the vestibule to ak the bride and he! fendants as they come out from this pageant into the cold and dangerous -air. This is a great ex- posure, and often leads to trouble; our churches all need larger vestibules. ~The bride and groom return to the house of the former, followed as quickly ws possible by the bridemaids, and stand -to receive their friends under a floral bell, or a tloral 2 some. other petty devi The bride are arranged on either side, and the ushe! (whose place 1s no sinecure) bring uv the guests in order to present to the happy pair. ‘The bride’s mother, vacating the piace of hostess for the nonce, stands at the other end. of the room to talk to her friends, and toalso receive their congratulations. Of course her vn family are allowed to kiss the bride ‘The bride remains at her post an hour and ahalt, then leaves the room to ascend and dress for her bridal tour, She comes down in the quiet dress fitted for traveling in this country (where the bright blue velvets and shiny silks which are used in England for bridal trips are not allowed, probably owing” to the fact that our railway trains are more public and less clean than those of the Brit- ish Isle), and bids her friends good-by. Get- ting into the car: tollowet by the groom, the young pair ven off under a shower of rice und slippers/ which are thrown after them for luck. R ‘he wedding presents, which in the houses of rich and popular brides are wondrous fi and costly, are frequently shown. In 3 York one of ‘Tiffany’s men comes up to ar- range them on a large table orseries of table and the silver aud gold and diamond orna- ments, the sets ot silver, the laces, the chin: and the gilt ornaments for parlor, the Dres- den toilct table sets, the fa the clocks and lamps, -tre freely criticised. A plain- looking, watchful man in adark suit stands near the diamonds; this is a detective in plain clothes who is attending to the safet: of these valuables, for thieves break through and steal, sometimes even clad in purple and fine linc. Some families object to display of the presents, and the bride’s intimate triends alone are allowed the pleasure of be- holding them. | ‘The bride writes a note over her own hand always, to thank the sender of cach gift, 1n the days of beirothar the young lover st ‘ask papa,” of ‘course, fur his daugh- hand, as soon as the young fady has ed him to believe that sho will say 2 is favorably received he gives his (we have no synonym for this word in English) a diamond soltaire engagement ring, paying for it anywhere from. 3200 to $1,0U0. “his seems to be indispensable, al- though it is to’ be regretted that the e: eness of modern betrothals and wi keeping many younz men from wed- girls whom they love. Some very opulent grooms are adopting the English fashion of giving three gypsy rings instead of the diamond solitaire, which are hoovs of diamonds, rubies, and sap- vhires. ‘These form a qeautitul ornament for the third finger retty hand. ‘The weddins-ring is still the old, strong, pure circlet of virgin gold, with the pusy within, and the initials of bride and groom, the date. and anything else which the par- ties choose, ‘The manner of announcing engagements seems to be frequentiy this: The groom steps into his ciub and tells an intimate friend; the lady writes to her intimate friends, and her inammit has the day before informed all the grandparents, the aunts, and cousins. Itthen tes on the wings of the wind; it iscaught up by Jenkins; it appears. in_the newspapers. The young couple give it a final indorsement by walking arm in arn on Fifth avenue. Weddings in the peeulng ure in the same order as the morning weddings, with the single difference that in the morning the gentlemen are dressed in frock coats and gray trousers, while in the evening they are, of course, .in dress suits of solemn black, wil white nectie, und, in fact, full evening dress, ‘The bride makes no difference in her dress; be it morning or evening, she is in full dress, with lace, diamonds, and flowers. For a wedding at home, which is so much preferred by some people, the most conyen, ient place for the clergyman to stand Sa ranged. by the lady of ‘the house, and Cush, ions are laid down for. the bride and Broom to‘kneel upon. .The clerzyman stands fag. ing.the company, while the pair to be Mar. B ried stand with their backs to the ney Bi After the ceremony the clerzyman retine § and the bridal pair take his place. nsf The favorit fashion for sprinz Weddings ig todress the bridesmaids in short-waistel muslin frocks, long gloves, and poke ton nets. - aa | For a widow or an elderly person a bon, at her wedding is_de rigueur, and a vel} Ont, of the question. Many elderly brides yy; dark ‘velvet or silk eustumes and bonnets to #4 ‘ak; in travel. B brides’ dispense wit church,—are married, so to speak, ing costume. Such bridesmaids. ‘There isa sumptuary law against appéa., B ing at a wedding in mourning. If the bride's mother is a widow she should lay aside tet ? cap and veil on that, oceasion, Tn Engl & the very uncompromising color bright red ig considered wedding mourning,—that fs, bride’s motheror sisters, if in deepest moan. ing, will wear the color of a Jacqueming rose to the wedding and still be supposeg be paying the true respect to the departed, A bride should never be married in Diacg 8 or put on a black traveting costume. The ceremonial of church weddings at Catholic and Episcopal communions ‘is to commended, as it compels boti parties to take a public vow and promise which cannot be lightly broken. For this reason the clergy of other denominations the beautiful ritual of the English Episcopal Chureh. Every pair, however, can, of course, choose for themselves their own church, and the etiquet must vary a little to suit the og casion. Long exordiums from the clergyman areno longer in tashion. The couple area married as quickly as possible, to avoid agi. tation on the part of the bride, to whom'a chureh wedding is a severe ordeal. Nor is it a sood plan to have a hymn sung during the service, although some people of great good taste have done it, for it keeps ‘the bride standing, ‘the cynosure “of neighbor: eyes,” too long for her peace and comfort: at @-moment, too, when, with heart fraught with feeling, and a reception before her, ste has need of all her strength, nerve, and com- posure. It should be added that if the bride Is an orphan, and wishes the support of her broth. ers and sisters, it is perfectly: proper that seve eral married couples should precede her into the church, and should stand about her ig the space near the altar. A mother who is 4 widow can accompany her daughter to thy altar, and give her away. TWO GIRLS. New York: Times. The American, whether man, woman, or Dhilosopher, has an invincible repugnance to buying cheap seats at the theatre. Economy in other things is not considered disgracetul, Indeed, in many parts of New England the less a man spends the more highly he is re. spected. When, however, it is 2 question ot gving to the theatre, all thoughts of economy are putaside. We feel that we should he indelibly disgraced were we to sit any where except in reserved seats in the higher-priced parts of the house. If we pay $1, or SL. foraseat, we feel that we have done our duty, aud for tnose shameless people who pay 25 cents to sit in the gallery we have nothing but pity and contempt. Inthe meantime we grudge the money which we pay for high-priced seats. ‘There are few things which the average man longs for more than for free admission to a theatre. The man who feels that he cannot aiford to pay $3 for two seats will often have his spirits so raised by the gift of free tickets that he will cheerfully spend $10 for a carriage and subsequent supper. Halt of the people who sit in the orchestra chairs secretly rail at fate, which has made it im- possible for them to save their money by sit- ting in the gallery. Could any one devisea plan by which the American citizen could sit in the gallery and preserve his self-respect and the respect of the public, the inventor would have a far_ better elaim-to the grate tude of the American people than has the inventor of the steamboat or the inventor of the telegraph. Two bold and originel Buffalo girls— lineally connected, no doubt, with-the Buf- falo girls whom the poet of the last genera- tlon exhorted to “come ont to-night ”—re cently: attempted to combine Spe resbet G with seats in the gallery. Mile. Bern was to play in Buffalo on a certain evening, and the two girls weredetermined tu see ber. ‘The price of tickets was so exceptionally high that three days before the night of the play nearly every young man in Buffalo was attucked with diphtheria, and compelled, much against his will, to abstain from invit- ing his particular young lady to aceompany him to the theatre. _In.the absence of young men the two bold Buffalo girls appealed to their father, but he peremptorily refr@st to squander bis substance in theatre uckett ata riotous price. The two girls themselves had but one dollar and ten cents in their joint possession, and-with this money they resolved to see Bernhardt. The price of admission to the gallery was 50 cents, and it was thus Within the means of the two girls. But. how could they, the daughters of respectable citizens, sit in the gallery, and' how could they possibly go to the theatre alone? They pondered these questions long and thoushtfully, and at last one of them despairin; ly remarked: “If we were only colored girls we could go, and no- body would think anything of it. I declare 1 wish Lcould be a colored girl for this night only. 2 — The other saw in this careless remark the germ of wgrand idea. * Let us be colored girls for once,” she exclaimed. “If wo black our faces and put on our old clothes We can go Tight into. the gallery and nobody will know it.” The suggestion was enthusi- astically received, and the two fearless Bu falo girls resolved to come out on the Bern- hardt night in the blackestof, cork and the dowdiest of garments. h attacked both girls, and they were compelled tu bid their father good-night at 7 o'clock and to withdraw to their bedrooms. Itdid not take them long to thoroughly black their faces with burnt cork, and to array them- selves in-the style of the most flagrant and fashionable colored coquets. ‘Then, slipping quietly out of the back-door, they ked to the theatre, bought 10 cents’ worth of pea- nuts, and, securing tickets for the gallery, boldly made their way to that plebeian resort. ‘The play happened to be one in which Mile, Bernhardt does not appear until the second act. Not understanding the French language the two girls found the first act deeidedly_ uninteresting, in which opinion the rest of the house appeared to share. It thus happened that the audience chietly oc eupied itself in staring around the house, and quickly noticed the two alleged colored girls, who were nervously consuming pea- nuts, Now, whatever may be our pre, dices in regard to color, we as a people in- sist that every one should be fully persuaded in his own mind as to what his color is, and we do not like to see a parti-colored person who apparently has never been able to de- cide whether he is black or white. The two girls had accidentally rubbed the black off their maiden noses and the audience in- dulged in Joud and scurrilous remarks as to “them white-nosed niggers.” Before tong fuller indignation began to express itself in. paper-balls and other missiles, and the end of it was that the police removed the two girls. to the station-house and locked them up on ifcharge of disorderly behavior and violation of the ordinance against appearing in public in disguise. i Though the two Buffalo girls really failed to see Bernhardt, and were Subjected to the humiliation of a night in the station-house, there was real merit in their plan. ‘Thi have shown how it may be possible, with eare, for respectable people to sit in the zak lery. We-have only tu black ourselves with some preparation which wil not be liable to come off when touched with a handkerchief, and we can sit undisturbed in the gallery, and suffer Joss neither of the respect of our neighbors nor of our. self-respect, Let us sympathize with the misfortunes of the two Buffalo girls, and at the same time honor the boldness and merit of their method of grap- pling: with the problem of cheap seats at the eatre. —_—_————— RATTAN FURNITURE, au Furniture. New Goods, New Patterns. ‘The ONLY full line of this BEAUTIFOL, WATE in the West 1s now belng shown at the Sulesrvom of the Wakefia Rattan Co. 2331 State-st. Send for lil. Cate logue. B many of are Using ! W_ evening arrived asevere headache _ |