Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1885 — Page 2

THE JIXDIAKAFOLIS DAILY ßEimNErKDAY

CUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22.

11 ud 73 T7eat HLaxket Street A BUI GUT OUTLOOK - reparations for Extensive Building la the City, this Spring. A. Ccniinel representative yesterday had Lb citation called to ths pnanects in this dtj with reference to the building outlook ihh prisg. It was stated in this paper o fc?7 dayi ago on the authority cf a well-known business man thrt there are SCO Yacant dwelling! In thU city. Jt is alto true that rental agents have mere vacant houses to rent than for many 3 e zra. It may be also stated that the decrease in population it but alight, if any, daring the pcit year, end the number of YacAnt housee is bat the result of hbrh rents and hard times, many families "doubling up" -with their relatives and acquaintances, in crdsr to tart rent Two years co the building season was principally noted for the number of large bleckt which were erected in the city. Amen:--these were the Scottish Rite Blocs: en South Pennay Irani street, which cost S75.0ÖO; the Pan-Handle freight depot on Virginia trenne, and others. Daring that year there were comparatirely few dwellings erected, except those costing Iren 12.000 to $10,000. Last -pring there were but few large blocks erected, end a great many dwellings were put up in rsry part cf thi city, costing from $01)0 to $ l.MOi From these facta i t appears that two yean t?o the, city's prosperity was of a ticcncbl character, and last year it was in the way Of increase of population. Tha outlook for this spring is for increase cf both copulation and business enter prists. The action of citizens can beyond a doubt recure the location here of the Oliver Chilled Plow Worts. This will add many thousands to the wealth of the city, and also be & caterisl addition to the popnlitioa of ' the city. The 5ig Four Itoad two years ago ruade arrangements to more their shops from Cincinnati to this city. For some reason the matter was dropped, but it was yesterday decided by a Tarty of gentlemen interested in pub lie movements of this kind, that the shops ran yet be secured for Indianapolis If the citizens will but hold out proper induce xcents to the company. This also would add sTtral hundreds to the population of the city and increase the wealth several thou eands annually. Tha building this spring will include come large and valuable blccks. Mr. Gil ix ci e has taken out a s 1,000 permit for the remodeling of the Zoo Theater. Severin fc Ostsrmeyer contemplate the erection of on, if not two costly blocks on Meridian street The improvements on the Bates Hocro property hare already been referred to. The new Union Depot is said to be a sure thins: thia earing. The Knights of Pythias cf this city are preparing to pur char) the property at the northwest corner of Delaware and Market streets, which Is C7 by 105 feet, and erect thereon a four-story brick block, with stone and iron fronts. The cost of the block is to be not zz3 thin 530,000. The lower rooms will be cxrzaged as store-rooms and the upper for led-e rooms, with the Intermediate floors for cfUcca. Besides these there are said to be cavsral other large improvements in con tsmplatiOR by different firms, corporations cad individuals which are not yet in definite shape. AflUSESXEXTS. GEO. C. MILS AT ENGLISH'S. Monday and Tuesday nights Mr. Geo. C. Ulla, at one time one of Chicagoe's noted divines and at the present time one of the tri-htt:t lights of the American stage, will eppcor at English's Opera House. Mr. Miln is an actor who is fast making a record te be prend of. 7e shall tee him as "Bertuccio" ia The Fool's Revenge," and Macbeth." Tna following clipped from the Boston In dex goes to show that Mr. Miln Is considered & c?nius worthy of a place in the front rank: John Chadwick, of Brokklyn, writes to us as follows: We haTe bad George C. Miln for 0 v?hc!s vtzY in Brooklyn at the A ci.de my of Zltulc, his repertory, which seems a very . daring one, consistin got 'Hamlet,' 'Othello,' TJchslienV and -The Fool's Revenge.' But the event has proved that he has not rashly undertaken what he could not sue cc::fnlly perform, I have seen him myself only as 'Hamlet, which was not bis most successful part; but I must confess myself astonished at the sincerity and brilliancy of his performance. I did cot think it possible that in so short a time a man could make himself 80 tar a master or a great and difficult art. Our Brooklyn Union, whose dramatic crii.'c is one of the most competent, qualified Its praise of Mr. Miln's 'Hamlet' somewhat, but his 'Macbeth' it called 'a magnificent piece of acting,' and for his Richelieu' it could hardly find sufficient words of praise. What eeraei a doabtful Tectnre has proved a remarkable success." Monday night in the "Fool's Revenge," Tuesday night in 'Macbeth." "HZR AT05KMEXT." "Wednesday night, Anson Pond's emotional drama. "Her Atonement," will be glyenat English's. The company have appeared hera before, and always to good business. It is a play that holds an audience from the time the curtain rolls up till the loll at tha liniib. It has for a plot the killing cf the betrayer of a young girl, circumstantial evidence that convicts an innocent man, trno is freed at last, when "Martha West," the inj ared girl, makes "her atonement" by confetsloa of the crime in the court room. The play is f nil of splendid scenery . and pesesost military features that appeal to the hearts of the "Yets" of the late war. Tha following Is a clipping from the New York News: "The management hare exhausted their ineenuity, and somewhat depleted their bank account by their magnificent presentation of Mr. Anson Pond's local, emotional and military spectacular drama. Her Atonement,' now drawing good house at the Fourteenth Street Theater. Every adjunct possible to give completeness and beauty to his story of the Ute war has been provided. In addition to an excellent company to portray the characters and beautiful landmarks, some of which Lave passed away, a reeiment of soldiers, a i quad of the old New York police, a gorgeously costumed military band and full drum .cords Appeared in the drama. The whole performance eoing eff without hiuh or hindrance. The- sne, -Barnnm's Mussum ' corner Broadway and Ann street, an old . recollection; and that of 'Printing Hon3e Square and City Hal!.' at night, are always loudly arp!auded. The marching of Colonel &wi t.'s regiment for the seit of war, leaving Ccrt!and street ferry, the .reeiment and tard numbering ever ÖOO, !s a prar.d fi?bt, asd trirgs Irxk. recollec.ior.s of the turbulent times of twenty years a.o." "Tin: E'n;r.ijfrs." Thursday, FrMay and Saturday n;chia the ever popular favorites. Cake rand I'arron, as The EmUrants," at Esgliih't. TtefhiYe been'here before, and It b needless to reniirk that they are worthy of as jranerou? pairon1 3 ls hta always crowned their appearance Xcretcfore. No better comedians ever trod the boards cf a stae than Biter and Farron. Ttsy are painjTukiag people, who at all tizres try to make the admission fee seem rhrz-x The following from the New York :rJd thors what trey are thought of In ttsEcii: "For the first time in this vicinif7tl3 sew ccniedy drama, entitled The Uc'jrtV printed before a good r 3 l:t cf-ht by Messrs. Baker and Farr"j, cr7crtcd tyca excellent company. - ? rlz7 x:cj xrrittcn tcclally to in two stars in their Arth ct

Sidney, the villain in the piece, after a long absence, returns to the hone of his divorced wife, Agues. She has no faith in his pledges of reform. Two emigrants, one Irish and the other German, frustrate the evil designs of Sidney, who attemoti with his accomplice. Holland, to burn fas house in which Mrs. Sidney lives. The lady, after many vici'ßitudes, is happily married, all the good people in the play are rewarded and the bad punished. There is a world of fun and really excellent sinking and acting in the four act sketch. The character of 'Christina,' as presented by Mr. Farron, Is a truly remarkable impersonation." 'THI TWO JOE5S" AT THE GEAITD, Commencing to-morrow evening and continuing for three nights, with the usual Wednesday n&;inee, the attraction at the Grand Opera House will be Mr. J. C.Stewart's Comedy Opera Company, in the latest laughing success, "The Two Johns." By which is meant those twin sons of Mourns, John Stewart and John Hart, with their excellent comedy company. Their comedy is of that broad, farcical natcre, just now so popular, and is called "The Two Johns." It has met with an unusual degree cf success everywhere, and been favorably received by both press and public. Its principal aim is to make people laugh, and in that it succeeds beyond stint. In fact it makes them roar, yell and shriek, as will be seen from the following from a recent issue of the Detroit Free Press: "I never laughed so much at ones in ail my Hie, I am as sore as I can be,' remarked one lady to another while leaving the Opera House last night. Itls the funniest thing I ever saw,' said another, and there was a chorus of 'That's so,' Such remarks could be heard on every side, and as for us, after having seen everything in the comedy line, we have got the cake ready for the 'Two Johns,' and they are welcome to it.

How the people did laugh I The laughing commenced five minutes after the curtain first went up. and continued almost without cessation. It was like setting off a bunch ol firecrackers: first there was a light crackle, then an explosion here and there, followed by a volley which nearly raised the roof." 'THREE WIVES TO 05E HUSKAXD." This is the unique title of the great Union Square, New York, comedy success, whicn is to hold the boards at the Grand Opera House the last three nights o! the week. It comes highly recommended by both press and public, as the following, Ir om a late Philadelphia paper, gives ample proof: "A large audience greeted the Union Square Theater Company at the Walnut last eyening. The plot of the piece, in short, is as follows: "Ralph Cobbs" and "Anarew Dobb3" are two chums, each with an eccentric and wealthy uncle; "Andrew's" ancle threatens to disinherit his nephew if he should marry, while the defeasance In "Ralph's" ca3e is vice versa; for his inheritance is lost in default of his net marrying. In attempting to shield his friend "Andrew" and conceal the knowledge of his nuptials, which were to be celebrated the day following the unexpected arrival of his amorous uncle, "Ralph" proposes to three women. The deception is successful until the uncle of "Ralph" unexpectedly meets "Andrew's" uncle, and the parents of the bride throw additional light ca the secret when the veil is removed and the chums stand revealed. In the play all the characters become mixed up in the hurly-burly and at times some flashing wit and sparkling humor are displayed. As "Ralph Cobbe, Chum No. 1," Mr. E. A. Sothern is brilliant, natural and very funny, while Mr. Raymond Holmes as "An drew Dobbs, Chum No. 2," was likewise very natural and divides the honors with Mr. Sothern. Mr. Rudolph H. Strong and Mr. Bart W. Wallace both acted the part of the crabid, severe uncle In a creditable manner. the dime airs au jr. The week just ended at this popular family resort was prolific of much to entertain and amuse, and the patronage was uniformly good. Jror the wees: opening to-morrow afternoon, an entire change of attractions will be made in all departments, and one of the strongest and best shows of the season given. In curiosity hall tke principal attractions will be Isaac W.8prague, Barnum's phantom man a living skeleton, the framework of a human being endowed with life; Miss Jennie Qulgley, the Scottish Queen, fairest and prettiest of all lilliputians; i'ajua, a wild cannibal chief from the South Sea Islands; Olivia, the snow-white and pinkeyed wonder, and Uharles i;. Grimn, the eminent illusionist. In the theatorium, the entire stage shew will be given bv Marsh Adams' Magnets, a constellation of stars of the first magnitude. Among them are Perry and Lulu Ryan, sketch artists; Marsh Adams and Walter Leroy, blackface sketch team; wiiuam a. Huntiy, Jtine ol the banio: Richard 8ands, terp3ichorean artist; Dtvid Manon, mimic; whippier Twin Brothers, eong and dance team: Jette sisters, operatic vccalists, and the Rhinehart children. Thia will, indeed, be a wonderfully strone bill. and should fill the Museum to overflowing throuenout the wees:. The admission to all, including seat, will be only ten cents. g ilm ore's zoo. The severity of the weather has not prevented a cordial welcome to the Alice Oats Company this week, though the party were enow-bound and did not arrive here till Wednesday. For the coming week James Rielly's Company wi.'l appear in the very amusing comedy, entitled "The Widow,' an improvement on the once famous "Fan on the Bristol," Mr. Rielly appearing as the "Widow Dorcy," in which he Introduces his famous specialties. He is surrounded by a coterie of well known people, whom he has selected for their epecial adaotedness for their different characters. The play will be produced with entire new ecenery and mechanical effects, forming an entertainment eaid to De of a very pleasing nature. Tne Zoo management fives an entertainment every night and also matinees Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. KOTIS. Miln's "Fool's Revenge" is said to be a wonderful performance. Box oäice open all day. Get your seats. The attractions at the Grand Opera House next week will ba Aimee first three nights and Hojt'a "Rag Baby" last three nights. Mr. Edward A. Sothern, who is cast for the leading part in "Three Wives to One Husband," is the son of "Dundreary" Sothern, and author of Harrison & Gourley'a , new play entitled "Domestic Earthquake." The Hanlon's "Fantasma," styled the eighth wonder of the world, a fairy, spectacular pantomime, replete with beautiful scenery, astonishing tricks, gorgeous transformations and a world of novelties, will j shortly appear here. ! Laura Bellina, the new prima donna with the Abbott company, is a Cincinnati eirl and a great favorite. She has already captured the public in Italy, Havana and Mexico. She is a beautiful brunette, coquettish in manner, and possesses a rich and pawerfol voice. Colnmbns Notes. Columhus, Ind., Feb. 20. Jacob E?erroai aged eeventy-eight years, a pioneer citizen of Clay Township, in this county, was found dead in his bed yesterday morning. His death was caused by heart disease. Miss Nora Sims, sped twenty years, a jrorcinent ter.rfcer of this county, died at bt. Louis Crossing yesterdav evening. Fire broke out in the Columbus icundry bcildinc here to-day, caused by a defect ire lice. The damage on houss and stock will reach 400, which is fully covered by insuri arce.

w GoTfrnment ti Inter. En-mo, Feb. iU-Major General W. F. Rogers, member ot Congre?3 from this district, is understood to be the successful aspirant for the position of Government Printer under the Cleveland administration. He is about to resign from the national guard. In the House at Lansing, Mich., yesterday, all after the enacting clausa wrj ttruck oat in the bill to require a marriage license to bs tn:a cut iu U: S;:t3,

3 WASHINGTON LETTER.

Some ef the IVeuliariUes of Peculiar People. White, of Kentucky: Senator Van Wyck, Cotjgretamen Belford, Urn mm, Warcer, Poland and Other. Washisgtos, Feb. 2 j. Of course there are no "cranks" in Congress. It would be quite inappropriate to speak of a member of Congress as a "crank." Far be it from this correspondence to do so. Bat there are some queer people even within the hall of Congress. We all have our peculiarities, of course, and as Congressmen are only human, It is may not be improper to remark upon the peculiarities ef some ot them. A hasty glance through the list of names composing the House and Senate shows between lulrty and forty men whose peculiarities are S3 strongly developed as to cause remark. Some develop peculiarities of oue sort, some of another. There is one man in the House, Mr. Warner, of Tennestee, who is as noted among those familiar with that body for not saying anything as is Mr. White, of Kentucky, for always saying too much. Mr. Bland, of Missouri, 13 as lively as a cricket when the subject ot silver is being touched, while Richelieu Robinson eeldozn has much to say except wnen there is a chance to get in his work on the British lion's tail or to show his contempt for the habits ot aping foreign manners In thia country. Holman's peculiarity, as everybody knows, is to "object to everything that haa an appearance of adding to the cost of running the Government while Mr. Springer Is never happy unless he has a "little bill" that he wants referred to some committee. Of course th9 noisiest man in the House, and the one who kicks un the liveliest rows, is John D. White ol Kentucky. He can get up a first cl.U3 row on ras X -A KETRIiENTATI V WHITI, shorter notice than any ma a in that b;dv, or indeed than any man in Congress. He has an especial hatred for the internal revenue system as now administared, and neyer fails to give it a whack when opportunity offers. He has a w ay of coming suddenly to the surface and demanding to be heard on this or that subject. He has a pretty fair knowledge of tho rules of the House, and is not at all afraid to speak his mind about them, or to demand what he believes to be his rights. And eometimes he does so in language by no means parliamentary. Bat though he may be unparliamentary, Mr. White is never ungrammaticaL He is a man of line education, studying at Eminence College and University, then graduating at the Law School of Michigan University, taking then a course in medicine, chemistry and anatomy, in preparation for the practce of criminal law, traveling largelyin Karoos thereafter. And yet, although he spent years in this work, and has been in the Kentucky Legislature and three terms in Congress,and been called a "crank" a hundred thousand times, he Is yet no mora than thirty-six years of aee. He was born in istr. In person Mr. White is tall, Blonder, with htavy glossy black beard and hair, regular and rather handsome features, a pleaiant smile which discloses a handsome set of teeth, and the polish and agreeable manners in conversation which mark him as a man of reading and culture. Just how it is that such a man, so lamblike and apparently sensitive in private life can be always kicking up such a row in public life is hard to understand. That his ways are very winning and his head extremely level in his private life is shown by his recent marriage, in which he becomes husband to a most estimable young lady, whose fortune is sufficient to place Mr. and Mrs. White quite beyond the necessity of troubling themselves about the financial future of their lives. Yet no man in Congress is so liable to kick up a rumpus on short notice as this same John D. White. Another man who has his peculairities in an especially marked way is Mr. Weller, of Iowa. Of course it is very wrong to call him a crank, but there have been some bad men in;Washington since his term began, and he has been so denominated. Certainly he is peculiar. His eccentricity consists in rising at the .'most inopportune time to say and do the most inopportune things, fighting the most simple measures which nobody elese would think of opposing, and "objecting" when not even the great objector himself would think of offering objection. All this he seems to do as a matter EEPKISESTATIVE EEI.rORD.

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of eheer "cussedness," with the object, perhaps, cf obtaining some cheap notoriety. It was this disagreeable habit which has ma de himself very unpopular, that caused the House to break out into applas the other day when he asked for and rt-adily obtained "irdehnite Jpave of absence." Mr. Weiler, ho is usually spoken of a "Calamity" "Weiler, i fifty-two years of 8ge, hi chief physical r haracterislic being a bead ajd fare thst reminds one in a startltiag way of the late lamented Guiteau. Another man. whose seat in the II jus is "net far from Weller's. U quite as strongly marked in his peculiarities. HU nam 3 is Belford. His "streng points" are so numerous, that it is hard to tell in which ha excels. Ue seems to cut his mookey shines mo3tly for the amusement of the House. He has a very weak voice, and a very strong temper. In the earlier portion of his carefr, his eat being far back from the Speaker, ha found great difficulty in obtainivz recognition. He stood it pretty well for awhile, but it worried him, and one day his temper got the better of him. and he let out wich a roar and a yell, paralyzing the Speaker and the House with a volley of complaints because he could never get recognition. The House, which is fJhj3i::ij fcrto, i:rh:r enjoyed it, tad

Belford thought be bad touud hi forte be funny, and so he kept it up Sinei that, no matter what the subject under dtsca?"ion, Belferd is always ready to cut ia. aad bv kiyirg his thin, shrill voice up to ta bJg?. est pitch, flapping his Ion, awkward aran about him at the roost terrific rate, aid saying the most unexpected and uncalled for things, he manaees to make people listen to him for a five minutes' talk. He is p;rhrs the most peculiar man in the House in his rersonal appearance. Hi3 thin hair I vry red. but his thick, heavy beard is redder, while his face Is even a more brilliant hae than either the hair or beard. His clothes hang on him like the historic ' shirt on a bean pole." Tobacco juice adorns the corners of his mouth and his shirt front. And yet he is withal very quick and keen witted, and quite well read in some particulars. He has been in Congress ten years. Another man who has proved himself "pestiferous" in this Congress is Mr. Warner, of Ohio. He has become almost a3 chronic an objector as Mr. Holman, with apparently about 10 per cent, of that gentleman's capacity and good judgment. He can offer mere objections in the wrong place, make more useless inquiries and destroy more valuable time than any other man with his experience in Congress. And yet he has actually been re-elected. Another man with a peculiarity is Mr. King, of Louisiana. In his case the breaking out seems to be .about his personal appearance. He is said to pride himsf If upon his resemblance to Napoleon, and to suppose that he has not only a face and head like his, but that he, too, is possessed of great military genius. He is said to be very fond of assuming attitudes which Napoleon made famous, and to thus by manner add to the personal retemblance, which probably doas exist in some degree. Brumm, ot F:nnsylvauli, is anotter member of tais class His weak ness is about labor reforms and greenbacks and all that sort of thing. He does not speak often, and when he does he makes so much noise that you can not hear, him fay anything. Oscar Tnrner is another man with vi6ws. His relate mo3tly to trace chains. When the tariff comes up he is always aroused, and is never easy until he hss got in a bill or a motion to take the duty off trace chains. He does not say vrv mach in detalljatont the other features of the tariff excert to denouncs it as iniquitous, but on trace' chains he is always at the front. Me. Poland, of Vermont, has one peculiarity ic his dress. He still insets upon wearing his dark blue swallow tail ccat with briss buttons, let the style change as it may. In all other matters he is perfectly level-headed. A peculiarity of the venerable Wolford, of Kentucky, is his appetite for oranges. It is an every-day occurrence to see him pacing about the House, sometimes on the floor and eometimes in the lobbies, eating an orange. Frotably the most difiicnlt thihgam.nof culture baa to no in society is to eat an orange. He always dodges it if he can, for at the best it is difficult. Bat put aa aged mountaineer like Wolford at it, and the scene becomes absolutely piinfal. It is sometimes hard when you see Wolford marching down the main aisle or promenading in the lobby and exploring tue interior of a mammoth orange, to teli where Wolford ends and the orange begins. Miller, of Pennsylvania, is another man of "points." He hasa very thin.very piercing veice.and is a most intense partisan, and inject. his sharp speeches and cutting remarks most generally on political occasions. Of course, everybody knows Mr Holman's weak point thit of objecting to every blessed thing that looks as though it could be possibly dispensed with. Mr. Robinson, of Brooklyn, better known as "Itichelien" Itobinson, is another brilliant example of the men with peculiarities. He

SEXATOF. VAN WVCE. has also been slandered by being call 3d a "cank." His strong point is with referance to the ut!ering Irish, of whom he is one. He Is also very violently opposed to anything that looks like adopting the customs of monan hical governments. His attacks upon the British Government from bis seat in the House, bich he is to leave at the close of this session, are familiar to everybody. Aside from thib he is a very harmless old man, rather pleasant to meet peisonally, but tor the fact that conversation with him is somewhat dificult by reason of defective hearing on his part. When the British lion is in sight, however, he is a rip roarer. The ISenate has not so many men with peculiarities as has the House. True. Mr. Kimonds is rather petulant about the newspapers and rather a stickler for old-fashiooed and actual secresy in the Senats's executive sessions. Probably the Senator most liable to go off when least expected, however, is Mr. Van Wyck, ot Nebraska. He ia always loaded, and nobody can teil when there is going to be an explosion. He has a great horror of "corporations," and a big heart which yearns for the people. He has bow legs, hair which stands straight up, a very vigorous manner and a way of saying whit he thinks, and the way he wakes up the old, staid Senate some times is a caution. Personally, however, be is as kind as a kitten, and about as frisky. He recently married at the age of fifty-nine or sixty, and is as fond of his pretty young wife and as attentive to her as a man thirty-five years younger. He has built him a handsome house here, for he is rich, and when he is not paralyzing the Senate witk angular speeches he is at home with his pretty young wife and their pret'y young taby. How They Used to Dress. i Washington Letter in the Clereiand Leadyr.I Luke P. Poland is the only relic of the old statesman of the days of Clay, Calhoun, and Webster. He still clings to the swallowtail ccat with the bright old buttons which were usd by all of the fashionable men of that time. It is cleaner and prettier thin the Trinen Albert or the cutaway of the preterit. In fact, the dtess of men has been jrrowin simpler during the past century. Washington, who died in 171' wore ruüts on his sleeves, and half of the men who ticned the Dec'aration of Independence wora pov de red wi-rr. Jeiierson sported knee cretebfs. .icd !adi?on was proud of having worn a .-nit of clolse of American make at his ir.a:praration. Daniel Webster usually wore a suitoffnuffhrown color, with a larga soft necktie. Martin Van Uaren was very fastidious .ibout his clothes, and always appeared during the Summer in the whitest of white dues linen. His clothes were cat inlhekteitsty.es and he wore very htgh steck nt kties, out of which peeped his standing collar, making his head loot: like th&t of John the Baptist on a charter. Andrew Jectson also dressed well, though hs did cot make his clothes a great matter. Henry Clay it ore a swallowtail, and a standing collf r extravagantly high. Jarae- Bachanan was always very precise in his clothes, slweys er pcaring in full dress. He had a great trouble as to how he should appear when be was our Minister to England, and the discussion involved even the ueen of England herself. If the doctor says you are sufferine from malaria, take his diagnosis, but nee Victoria Mj c&d b9 cured a thort time,

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f be hoovr and Ice of a Bl? City 1 be r.lrcde Dremed Ueef -Jadge Turpie and HU Client Notes of the Trial. Chicago. Feb. 20. -Another little snow stcim. a relapse of col J. a slight brightening cf business prcspects, more people upon the t reets, a jingle of sleighs, an increase of j ?ajety in society, weddings, silver audcrys- j tal anniversaries, a rumor of revivalistic scul-8aviEg meetings, lectures, amusement3, renewed ten cent attractions by which people can be mala to laugh, ihe cessation of the milk famine, the re-advent of soft coal, brick and better markets, and the all absorbing Mack in, Gallagher and Co. election fraud trial are traced mon the tablets of Chie.120 happenings since a week ego was now. Last Sunday the snow came as it did Sunday week before, and visions of the piled up 'beautiful" Bfnt dismay to many a business ecuI. But Monday dawned quite unlik e its predecessor, and men, women and children with rosy noses and ditto cheeks and chim hurried smilingly through the street. At.entuplife seemed to be pouring out anew. Miles of street car?, interspersed with big, little and clumsy teams of all desciipUoiiS filled the streets, driveways and horoeghfares. Watchful policeman always viand ur on the crossings of the more crowded sections to see that pedestrians have a safe lee-way from walk to walk: Still the more cautious ones start, draw back, look ahead, hesitate ere they tiaverse the junction. Bat when the heavy clnb of the blue coated fellow who stends htad and shoulders above the crowd, is waved aloft, and the docile faces of the street car animals so cloze to bJs seem to nod submis'ivfly to the mandate, and drivers of all the trucks, Uam3 and dashing icrncuU, even, draw taut the rin ' Ualt" is the word, and "thia way, now!'' brin the waiting crowds into hurrying, jostling aid j.-uehiEg contiguity. Men are loading snow into transfer wagons and.hauling the begrimed masses to the railroads, where tons of it is trundled out into the country where there is none, we will suppose. Men and boys are diggiDg, delving "aad breaking the ice from the pavements, a needed work you may remark, but ones progress ia somewhat impeded by the modus operandi of the laborers. We go to the Main street postollice, and here are doors within doors. Tall hard, step in slam, bacg and a crash, sounds the S3lfad justing portal, and its neighbors take up the sound, and the din means a jar to the tympanum that reverberates thro' mystic channels. The inner corridors are reached after passing three outside portals similar to the one described, and you are inside of the spacious "Government Building," where Judge Turpie made an able argument for the defense of the Mackin trial Thursday, and from whence "Uncle Sam" sends out his billet doux. .-vsrsi The snow blockade interfered very materially with the inteiests of the grocer, baker, milk and fuel dealers, the commodities of which are necessary for comfort and even life eometimes. It is almost impossible to get along in either direction on South Water street; the sidewalks are piled with every conceivable size and shape and bcx, crate, barrel and bundle, until the passage is only wide enough for a medium-sizad person to "edge through. But here is where one finds every specimen of provision and meat, and the inference forced upon ths mind is that we live to eat, rather than vice versa I noticed in the market reports that it was "tame." Yes, well here are actual towers of crates of barnyard fowl, all tame, chickens, geese and turkeys pecking at you in a civilized way, those which are not lying around quiet like. Pretty little birds, quail and rouse seem less plentiful. I did notice, too, that the market was "easier," and sure enough there are fewer squirrels, rabbits about the merchant's door, and only one nest of coons, so far, far suppers or club house dinners, and tte Ely possum must have frisked in his log or tree bound home in easier security since the enowy reign, as they are less (visible in the market. There is not a bear in sight, a few little deer, an antelope, and stacks of mutton sheep or lambs and littlepis, big pigs, and the "root-hog" that died, and beef in great quantities, and peas, squashes, cabbages, all asserting their part in the general parade by appearance, odor and placard. ' Have jou any idea that a comparatively new branch of the meat business is being carried on here?" said a stock-yard man to your scribe not many weeks ago. I av ktowleilged my ignorance, and he totd me that the dressed-beef trade was only about five years old, and now it is carried on by four firms only, who are destined to profit greatly by the enterprise, as it bids fair to become a permanent business. The distinctive feature of this branch is the use of extensive refrigerator appliances and agencies, by which it is possible to send dressed beef and other kinds of meat all through the E:ut, over the broed re as, and are made to arriye at distant points as sweet and fresh as if prepared for the market on the spot. It was explained to me how the dealers were opposed at first, just as all innovations are, because local traders found themselves undersold by meat coming from abroad equally as good as that prepared at home. New York butchers and dealers were particularly opposed to the intro.duction of Chicago dressed beef into their market, but it is slowly subsiding. The introduction of the meat has reduced the price of home beef in the East, as it was found to be just as good, the quality not Injured by the refrigerator process, no more than it is in the summer when exposed to ice cooling influences, and a refrigerator car is no more deleterious than ice in packing houses and butcher-shops. And, by the way, one of the best refrigerator cars in use, was invented by a woman. The dressed beef of this description shrinks about 111 per cent, in weight, and some beef is said to show a decrease of 3 per cent. This traffic involves a great outlay in cars, cold store-houses, at all the principal points to which it is forwarded, but still it sells reMily, and a profit is made. It is astiuishing to what an extent ice is becoming an indispensable part of commerce. Not only in the meat trade, but in the dairy, butter, cheese and eggs, poultry, iruits and all kinds ot fresh meats are put into cold storage ami kept until wanted. The process of tilling and dressing this beef was a most interesting description. It is all done at the stockyards. There are two methods csed in killing the animal. One is the rifle and the ether the lance. In both the creatures are driven singly from ths yard into a narrow box-stall open at the top. Twelve stalls are in a row, and over their tor? loose p'ar.ks are laid, on which the exf cutioner walks with the weapon in hand. If the animal -Is shot the ball 13 sent into the brain at thort ranee, which kill3 instantly. The 8nlrcal fells without a sound, only from its wnght, and not a r.'.cscle moves. It is drawn from tne still intD the slaughter house, where il3 throat is cut and the dressing completed. Several men werk et once, and it is done in firieen minutes. When a lance is used it Is driven by an exf eriecced handstraight into thespinal cord jat behind the horns, and the result is as sure, and it is said that the animal neyer knows what hurt it, and the minimum of sntfe rinn is secured, and there is no cruelty in the old sense, as there are no misplaced blows struck. Unconsciousness is produced in an instant by both methods, and the process of Heeding afterward is in no way sensed by the animal. And this is all done because men and women eat to live. An old physician once raid that intemperancs In food was more prejudicial to life and health than intemperance in drink. Be thai u it may, over-

stTng cr elnttony is a destroyer of health i.r,d an abridgment of life. Then, we aik tow much aod what kind of food is required for fcenith, happiness and longevity? .Shall we submit the foregoing, and th frt8 attending the? enormous pork and htf-l indr.strie represented here, as proo'a r- Lclcsive trat eo treat a consumption of tteie commodities 13 the natural tnioipffc'f d? Whether natural or net, it is a f-ict tl at 1j CfC bogs are slaughtered and changed ir.to dretsed pork in a day in one I""ge slanshtirirg house alone; then add the a- j greation frcru others Of course tneagviJs re frent to all parts of the civilized world' for intelligent people to devour the barba reus bog. Then the cooked and sealed nifats that are upM in th city and seat everywhere is another great branch. It his been confned to bef principally, but caxie ard poultry are beginning to receive a sbe of sach attention. As I an on the unsentimental rhsse of Chicago lite, it minis me of what I saw the other day. "Xics mutton only five rents a pound." n lan e, plain chirogr3rhy on brown paper in a Canal street market window. So in I go to take a look, and the specimens of meat are as nice in appearance as that which others ssk twelve cents for. The establishment has been opened with a view to aiding people who are livicc economically because of the tard times.! n getting sood meat for a little money. The proprietor said he sold at the smallest margin of prunt possible, sometimes as low as half a cent. I went to court yesterday. I saw the nice, slick, fat, well-kept Ji eph C. Makin, whose fate will tave been staled by tne time thia comes out. probably He is of medium h?ight, stjalght. ioclir.ed to portliness, with aehrewd, decisive face, keen, deepeet black eye, rather too Dear together to meet the usual requirements for a gooi make up, and vc tars a guarded exiretaiou. only at times when a erce look darts into he eyes and discloses to the observer the inrent fire that ould like to bnrst out and annihilate the prreecution. jury end all. Gallagher is a tall nun. ta'.ler than Mackin, less portlv but larger in frame, with blacx eye, black bair, and a better looking nan thsn Ctsteraeld. H's fturrs are less mobile and scaroly change expressicn. One would infer that uwm a pletjant espcieace he wa3 piiticipmr i:i rather il an a case of liberty or imprisonment. The jury are intelligent, mid3ie-sg5d men, gathered from among country slo:ekcepers and business men in town, and one or two are successful farmers. John W. Hills, who is supposed to b the one who will fee chosen foreman, is a resident of Lake View, and has aa ofiice in the city, doing a life insurance business. From the opening of the trial the eyes of the great city and all its friends have been upon these twelve men, and yet they have maintained a caim, deliberate attention to the business on hand, and have displayed no desire to be noticed nor commented upon. The utmost precaution has besn taken to prevent their being epproached by friend or foe ot the defendants. All of their mail has been scrutinized by the Federal authorities before it was handed to them, and they have had no opportunity to send out letters in bundles of clothing, as seme of the wonderfully honest (?)jurorj did in New Orleans, and from their appearance no bribery could move them from the verdict their bfst judgment would dictate. They Lave bad no newspapers to read. Twn

bailifls have been constantly with them, an-l theFe batlifls have been subject to cloe surveillance. The jury have been entertained at the Grand Pacific and everything done for their comfort consistent with the circumstances. But we will leave them and the end, bo fast approaching, for the next. To-day passes without its pad or exciting hippenings. At or near o'clock the nine story Granite Block on Dearborn street was found to be on fire, aad the tlames shot up the elevator before those in ard occupying oflices on the upper floors could make their exit other than down the long flights of stairs, not even having time to catber valuable papers and books, all being destroyed. L. M. W. Fcr the Sunday Sentinel. Mother." King np the curtain! Turn on the lights! Let the orchestra turn backward forty years fcr its music. Slowly and gently let it be gin. Very tenderly let it steal its way along, while it wakens old memories into new, liin;s back old faces from the past and gone and sets them up alongside the present. Play not too narshly, for harshness rests not well with the dear old mother you play for to-night. Let your instruments be in perft( t tune, for mother loves not discord. See, there ehe sits, her hands folded in her lap, her head bent forward, her tboophts far away. Her mind's eye traveling fast to-night, she is soon at ber chiidhod's home. The friends of other days cluster around her once more. Faster let the music play; joyfully let the sweet notes ring out Bat not tor long. For thought carries the dear old soul swiftlv along life's journey and enters upon a newer life. Some dajs are dark and dreary and full of pain. The scais of the struggle are becom ing plian on the mother face. Happy days break in along the journey and le.ive their son? of praise to rest beside the scars. Slower now let the music peal forth its notes. Scattered along the way we see little graves here and there. The mother bends above them; bitterly the blinding tears ull. The heart srems breaking; it is' now so dark and dreary that the mother can scarcely stai d. "I am the resurrection and the life, ' comes like a voice from heaven, and the mother gives her charges back again Into his care who promised that they eliould be part of hiakingdom. Hon swiftly the mile-atones of life go past for the mother now. Faces and forms dear to her fade and pass. Gray hairs steal in and mix with the brown. Lines mark the dear old face. The life is sweet and calm now. Play your sweetest melodies. Play your very tenderest. The mother is coming back now from her long journey in the :past. Slowly the head is raised, the dear eyes look lovingly around, and as thought brings her back to us and the present, we stoop and kiss the dear, sweet mother face, and as the music dies gently away around and above ns, we know that it will come again ere long as heavenly music, played by angel hands, to herald the spirit of our mother home. But to-night you are mine. My mother, I have not always loved you a3 I do to night. I have not always been ai tender toward! you. Take me in your arms once a?ain, lean my head upon your breast, let me c lose my eyes and sweetly sleep. Your boy kneeling, here by your Bide, clasping the dear bands that have eo gently guided his steps through life, thanks you with a tear-choked voice for your loving care. Let the curtain gently drop, slowly turn out the lights, dUturb not the mother who is safely home tonight: fondlvwe stroke the dear old head and smooth the wrinkled cheek, and a we carefully wrap her round about with love, she smilea upon us the mother-blesiinp. Crewfordsville, l eb. If, 1 ". Kxploried Wlilt Kannlu. Little Ro k, Feb. At ;:-'J this afternoon, fi'teen milts below Pep'sr BlutV, Mo., on St. Louis and Iron Mounta'.n Iilroai, whiJ-tbe south-bound passenger train was rucnicg at full see J, the ensrine expio l;i, killing the erginer, John Pitkin, and fatally injuring the fireman, Fred. Saiilh. Ontraged In a Lo k-l'p. New Have. Conn., Feb. '2J In B.rrningtarn, last night, William : Fens secreted himelf in -the lobby of the lock-up, and when the cü.cer in charge left for the night, Fern found tne keys, entered the cell of a female lodger and ravished her. He was captured. The Hamburg, Iowa, plough factory burned yesterday morning, together with its contents. Loss, $10,000; insurance, ?Jp

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äpcealt.tlon In II aiiku jill t - 1 r u J(u Very loterealf ttg Ilwp. mnf iit. Special to ths Routine. Ch; aco. Feb. Cl.-It h ben anoth-r dull week oa 'Cl32e. Speculation in a. I aitidea baa hetu tn:e, and the nurüets hare developed very few new feature. Outsider have entirely wiih-drs-n snd local traJera are dolnat to little tbatoa r.:any Jijs the trtlca iihtrdlj sic'.enttoenab'.s bioicrs to aca p out coanl! ju, Tfle geaeral staesaticn la :;aaacial aol coan?rcUlclrc;ei, which is greater now tSia at any time this year, fers aa exeti? for inactivity ia produce, be. in the bo; are tire J of Szttinj each other. They want country 'Mrabs" to work. Hence, broakers are diitcticg all thai; efforts toward Loterln? up tLenirtetsandgitlcjihenaahow of firman :n order to attract auch operator!, for the countryinu never cocit s ia except aa a buyer. 'teat 1.M rule l about iteady, adranclnja trll ore t!ay and hating taa gala wiped out trie nsit. Ttc taa'.l dt crease ia the vijible supply waj ja; atciitvfcat nal been expected, considering te Mukadtd condition f tbe railroads, aal It h&l to e:!fCt. T.ut f.orka of winter wLMt Meid beia; covf red with ice, tbe purchaaeol 2.00O Kruppcun b: Bufsl.i. ana iLe decline ia KzislUU coasoU. xh:ch was interpreted an meaning more war. eeoi to tire tne bulla the advauUse as tar as new wrt. Ifceie was, aowever, an abene ot ivciiTatlve bujla; by those who were willia, and ab to texe erain on" the market. It ia Impcssibla to ttimula'e aod ruitain any larze advance wliaoui tn;. Cables, too. hare coxeiaweak aad lewer. and alttoush ctaltrs here keep dclartne that Ergltnd tauit have ao and m mucli wtiftt rr week. Dd must come to America to set it. expyr a continue to fall ofT. asl foreign mart et neeiu sr'sdaal'y woTklcr. back to the low point at waira tht were tefore tbe last upturn. The larjen purrbesf r cf trie weea baa, perhaps, been Caarlie Crltletd?n, aad pcuipa hare it that he wan act.a; for Sid. Kf St. who is co:u? to work the "ioa" :'de for a turn araiD. li e activity in tlie cora raarket has beealioiittc toatiBgle little f pert, which was tau?J bv tb' diu overv tbftt aithoucbthe visible aupply Lcrt fctoed umrly half a. million bu-be.a incm a e, e ew Yori statement footed up dert te cf over K'O (CO buahela. Thia set l'tri.Ut r.vcrire Ms tLoit" atuff, and t-ii 1 toa? cccd "lets." t ujiac ty Jim I ore and J. T Lester. S'.ne tri, however, ihe toelin? has boau e!er. cd very littlt of ifce early advance remained t ileclcie. Ir ve:yboiy prefers waittns until U i f(cn rev nur!) corn cecc In wLen the raliroil pet into werkln oriitr, nd what eü'ect it has At I icent tte situation ta ree-rded by conservative Trials very fctios?. ILe Tifclble tupjly ia alout half what it wa a, year ajro and country a Ivices fay there ia less rora cribbtd than for many yca8 past, while quotation arc Dearly 15c lowf r than atthistime ia 1 !. Jf aDycne could tell what the eize of rtcetpta will be between thia tine aad May he would know just what to do ita the market, for a.i tse uncertainty lies in that direction," said broker to-day. Previsions have been left to tbernolve tMs week. The crowd hs been buylne a little all the tirre and eo prevented mucn cf a decline, but the packers and big dealers have not b( ea ou tae ft oor. The fact that everybody is loided up aad anxious for a bulge except the men who own the proiuct ia considered the wont leature of the market. What is a Mahdl? IJfew Yorknerald.! Mahdi, or Mabadl, as D'Herbelot spells it, ia an aDcient title to the Moslem world wh?eh at first simply signified P.reetor of the Faithful. Bui in the course of Moslem history in Africa, it came to have another signification related to an accepted prophecy of Mohammed. It neceftarily refers to the African part of Arabic history. By this secondary significance of the word tbe Mabdi ia a certain ancient leader come epain. Hia appearance i tbe 4,ee:ond edvtnt" of a prophet who lived in tbe old Caje, acd wbo in all tbe meantime has been with tbe immortals. Mohammed, tbe twelfth I man, and the twelfth in descent from Ali, is the real original. He Is the Mabdi who comes again every now and then, lie was bidden from the world at an early see and communed only with hia disciples through his lifetime, and finally did not die, but "went up," with the fixed iatection of returning to revive the glorieiof Moslem. As in the Christian theory, and even in the history of several monarchies, this legend of a prince who is to return has afforded a favorite pretext for no end of impostors; eo it did in Islam. Tbe most famous of these, in past ag-e, was Abulcasfem Mohammed Ben Abdallah, the founder of tLe Farlmite dynasty to Africa. Mohammed bad prophesied tiut in 3(0 years tbe 6un would rise in the west, and aa Abuli ass em's -lory was in 2 of tbe Hepira, it was held that the prophecy referred to bim, end sicca then the idea ot the Mabadi has commonly had relation to a revival of tbe dories of Islam in that Western world of Moslemism, the Trovinces ol Africa held by the Arab. At Dayton, Ohio, James Graham, an old man, a former inmate of the Soldiers' Home, was found in the middle of the street on Euclid avenue, this morning, frozen to death. He bad evidently fallen on his face and turned over on his back, bh his nose and lips were compressed. When found he was frozen Eolid. He had been in saloons frequently during tLe night, and was intoxicated at the tiiue. Gecrge H. Mills, wbo murdered his wife, Eliza F. Mills, October 0, iss:j, at their residence in Williamtburp, N. Y., was jesterday sentenced in Brooklyn te be hanged on th? 10th cf April. Mr. J. B. Kaufman, Bourke street, Melbourne, Australia, writes that he sufiere 1 continuously for seven yeara with a sprained ankle, but by a few applications of St. Jacobs Oil, the great rin-reliever, Le was completely cured. WIT. B. BUßFORD MANCFACTCREB OF Blank Books, Irioter, Stationer, LITHOGRAPHER Legal Blanks of All Rinds Kept in Stock. ITC r?IA2M :-:oyp IPS r FITTINGS, - jL?rr.: fT .. t:al 1 n") " e Trirrcliri. I'lf -1UN'J. CI'I 'I ...... VI-r, T V 1' . . :. i ! :. V.'rc:ui -t"-.-i T"r8. V. Mi IN fcALMir :iz.ial 1 - .'I t v c: f.! r.'riL- Vfti.?4-v white 111 Olci UX-posnJ tve;. a il ; other sur.r.Vcs tet ''i C'irirsPT.OTi with Sil-VJI. W ATl itar. l ,as. la JU:l or KLTAIL LOTH. Do a rezuUr f.tem C:tir.e b-.isiaM. Mtirr.t aad contract t heat Mills. 6ho?S Factories and Lumber Iry Hou-es, lth live orexaatut V?ra. I1v cut to order ty teatapowcr. MU3HT & JIM, 75 and i. reaa. st. f: -1 r

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