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.■ Couple of Them Arrested in
p Chicago Yesterday.
■ Bo 3y of a German Woman at
Elgin DaffV? and Brought
Here.
a™ Wrong Body Secured-Arrest
0 f the Criminals.
Stories of tlio Affair-How They
*" Were Captured. ,
w enriching is becoming the popular
•’dm the attempted desecration of tlie
01= *'mmb some two years ago. Professional
are turning their attention from coun
burglaries, and other branches of
,|, c work of resurrecting the bodies
t*?* a c;l a. and disposing of them
d ..night doctors” in some
»sometimes holding the remains
monev. The Stewart remains were
fdtess Stolen for the latter purpose. Eca
lWnw professionals mav with advantage
“"'LI attention to body-snatching arc ap
tno-every'band. Our large colleges are
■flcßOSiterics for dead bodies than any
, for plnndcrlcau ever be made, and,
the work at the cemetery be well done,
are tolerably secure from appreben
al Bc'idcs, the penalty for robbing graves
fSs tbsn any other species of villainy, when
c ‘.„ n , t 0 consider the enormity ot Hit
"fjT Section 133 ol chapter 33 of the Crim
authority digs
''Sets removes, or conveys away from the
seoniiarc or interment thereof any Unman
rte remains thereof, or knowingly aids in
diriiilOTncnt, removal, or conveying away,
is accessory thereto, cither before or
fined not less than S3OO nor
000 M or be confined in tne county
efinotexceciiing one year, or Doth,
nc succeeding section is almost similar in
pSI. aud refers to the injuring of raonu
nSfitS.
TOE FIKST CASE OP CKAVE-UOBDERy
year.in this immediate vicinity, came, to
rSt T Stcrdav. Along in the forenoon the
wfire were informed that a negro had brought
i™Lk,nd buccv to Otis Field’s liverv-stabic,
opposite the Exposition
SSSTandasthchorse .was laded and worn out
SThnggr covered with mud tt was_ cou-
Sjrf that the driver liad been through the
Maatrv. -it once the supposition was that the
Sdhccn stolen. Detectives Lansing, Lon
toaa, and Rvan were detailed to invcstipte
Srids noon the negro reappeared at the
tlriiie. and was at once arrested. He said frec-
Ir that he had came with a doctor’s sou
from F.k-in and that the young man’s
father was the owner of the ‘-rig,” and
Sat consequently it could not have
been stolen. Anpearanees were such,
however, that the fellow was detained, not
withstanding nis quite plausible story, and the
officers returned to arrest the
tarn as soon as he tame there. At the, point
of the story the Police Department looud
nfallr wise atthc reporter. Detectives always
to. However, by the time that both had oeen
erected Superintendent Seavey received the
Mlowlng dispatch 1
Grave robbed last night. Supposed body sent
wetland to Chicago, badly nccomnoscd.
Jons Povveus, City Marshal, Elgin,
the negro gave the nahieof Sara Johnson and
hs companion tnat of Frank K. Brown, son of
Bt.S. P. Brown, of No. 50 Centre street, Elgin,
lie former was first questioned and confronted
nib the telegram, aud almost immediately
etu owl edged that they had brought with them
B tils city the bodv of a man who had eonimit
wtuldde, wnom they had resurrected during
the uigbt. Toung Brown also admitted the truth
elite statement, and remarked ‘‘that he was glad
fiat the deceased had no friends who would be
ot to make the prosecution harder.” He, too,
ns of the opinion that the body was that of a
oinwhoeominitted suicide in the canneries at
EMa, and who had been buried in the paupers’
pound in the grave-yard.
Detective Lansing and a hackman went to
THE CHICAGO HOMEOPATHIC COLLEGE,
eomcrof A'au Buren street and Michigan ave
nue, accompanied bv oueof the prisoners, and
jam entering the ‘dissecting-room found the
tadvof a woman cut up, and the oadlv decom
posed remains of another cadaver which was
Minted out as the one that had been brought in
curing the forenoon. This latter was taken to
tbe Morgue, where, upon laying it out upon tlie
ihb, it was found that it was not the body of
the man who committed suicide, but that of a
roman, and wound about the neck was a silk
iress that bad doubtless been used as a ourial
ihoud. The officers were iu doubt at first, one
opposing that the men had made a
ad in the darkness had taken no notice as to
whether they had resurrected a man’s or a
woman's body, and others were of the opinion
fiat the authorities at the College had gotten
wind of the affair, and had changed the body in
erdtr to avoid detection. All doubts were,
fcowever, set at rest by the colored prisoner, who
talked quite freely about the affair. When in
formed that it was a woman’s body ha said:
“IheD we made a mistake, and got the body of
i poor German woman who died there some
weeks ago. Mr. Frank, he wanted to get tlie
body of a woman but I wanted to get the man
that shot himself. This is too bad.” But Brown
could not say what it was save that it was badly
decomposed, and that as the suicide had been
dead only a short time, be was positive that
tome mistake had been made.
A Teibcke reporter interviewed the prison
ers at the Armory, where they were incarcer
«ed to await the arrival of City-Marshal Power
a some other officer from Elgin, and obtained
Irom them stat ements in regard to the arrange
ments they made tor exhuming the body and
biasing it to this city.
FRANK BROWN
» » son of a well-known physician of biirli
funding and wealth at Elgin, and is 19 years of
*2V He is tall, and has a well-developed phy
%e; his face Is smooth, and be has the air and
toKuaoce af a young man who is engaged in
105 noble pastime of sowing his wild
***• He is frank in manner as well as name,
ttddid not hesitate to confess his partin the
some of his statements disagreed
those of Sam Johnson, the colored man
*&o«ted with him. He stated that he was
* medical student, and had been attending Rush
He learned that bodies for dissecting
gooses would be received and paid for, at the
tnicajo Homeopathic College, corner of Mich
avenue and Van Cureu street, and made ar
rangements to deliver one there, and
, $23 for it. He stated that
Jm or more of the Faculty at the
institution were cognizant of the
arrangements. Accordingly, he went to Elgin
•Qd selected Johnson as the person best suited
lortheehastly work; nc was a man of nerve,
and he rould depend on him. Be held inter
views vuhiilm at different times, and promised
to reward hipi with $lO as nav for his services as
wnei resnrrectionist. Johnson agreed to the
arrangement, and kept a lookout bn the public
wtnal eronud at Elgin, with a view toward
wiKting a good subject. When the negro was
rawvforihe job he notified him (Brown) that
« had selected the body of a man
had been employed' at Gould’s
2w*L. factot T’ and who had shot him
. intent in a hay-loft
hmteomb’s farm, a mile or so from Elgin,
Vee ks ago. The grave was not sod
•S™** being in that part of the burial-ground
cTrJ,tiie entrance, was easy of access. Brown
i£iH? TnlchtJastas tfi e time for digging up
S'SPff, and just before the “witching hour
egot” thej- walked over to the cemetery and
operations. Johnson acted as first
and Brown as second, but the situ
too perilous to discuss Crowner’s
inHii’ 2ls tkc grayediggers do in ‘‘Hamlet, 5 *
silently threw out the earth that
the remainsr On reaching the coQinthcv*
that thev could not get the lid oft
"?. a jfie\paae, and" decided to return to town
. h a tool for the purpose. Johnson secured
was agreed between him and
m that the >’ should ride in the buggy that
of»i. er scored until within a short distance
when Johnson was to get out
,J 3 for the purpose of throwing oft the
corn 1 a Policeman whom thev saw’ on a street
vJJJ*. Brown arranging to meet him at the
entrance with the horse and buggy
J22'. , °r carrying the body off to Chicago. On
ImSt®.* *be graveyard again thev found the
all clear; Mr. Bailcv, the man who has
«*en charge of it for twenty years, was not
tv the men proceeded to wrench
i"j;. oft the coffin. Brown savs
did the work while he was standing by,
RpJ described it as a “mighty ticklish job.*’
inJl™ times they imagined some one was com
them, and they quaked with fear and
..#®b!ing, but Johnson got the lid oft. and a
«nWe and sickening stench poured forth irons
P.TO decomposed body. It was dark as
•S?*. and they could scarcely sec the dead
*m?i } he voffiu. Johnson lifted it out; Brown
Sy.He dla not handle the ghastly corpse, but
11 to Johnson to da The latter drew a sack
over Ibe lower limbs and placed .another over
the upper part of the body, and Incu
carried it to the buggy, • where it
was wrapped in a lap-robe and placed in the
vehicle. Both then jumped into the buggy and
drove rapidly away toward Chicago. • That was
about midnight, and they drove the distance of
forty miles or more over a muddy road In six
hours and a half, reaching this dtv at 0:80 a. m.
yesterday. Thev went at' once to the Chicago
Homeopathic Colleger where the janitor re
ceived the body, ami .Johnson then took the
horse Id the stable, where lie has Attested by
the oflicyrs. Brown also stated that lie inform
ed the officers 61 the fact that they had brought
the corpse id this city and left it at the college
above named, where’they ftmnd it. He knew
the law was rigid in this State against body
snatching, and understood that he was liable to
imprisonment if captured.
SAM JOHNSON,
tlio colored than, also cave tiic reporter a state
ment of the gravb-robberv. He is a bock
marked negro, about 45 or 50 years of age. aiiU
speaks in the most earnest and expressive man*
ner t and apparently with great hotlesiy* He
said he had lived iu'Elgin for six years oust, and
previous to that in Galena for twenty years; he
was “born and raised” in Lancaster County,
Pa.' He has a family, consisting ot a wife and
three children, living at Elgin. He lias been
employed,as hostler for Mr. Horace Frcdch. of
Elgin, and has b'eba a poor man. Young Browh,
whom he kiiew well, had sought him four
weeks ago, and endeavored to gfct him to join
him in resurrecting a body and taking; it to this
city, the young man savins there was u o»g
money in it.” But he declined to do.anything
of the sort at first, and finally yielded because
of Ins poverty. Brown promised.him $25. and
Friday night they undertook tlie job. . Johnson
had previously gone to l lic cemetery Anil selected
the grave ol a suicide for their operations.
Britan walked with him to the graveyard, inid
he (Joliiisoii) dus the earth from Oft the coffin.
Both then returned to the office of Hr.
Brown, where the . voumr. man obtained
his father’s horse and buggy clandestinely, and
thev rode up nearly to the cemetery, when
Johnson got out and talked in order to avoid
a policeman on tlie street. Oh their arrival at
the cemcterv, Johnson staled, Brown attempted
\o assist him in removing the body froj.ii the
coffin, but he weakened, and seemed-to lose his
courage.- Johnson said since he had under
taken the job he would carry it through, and
removed the lid aud wrapped the body up in
two old sacks, In that .condition they took
it to the buggy, where they placed
the lap-robe over it, and strapped
the corpse so that they could carry it conven
iently in the rehiclc. “While all this was In
progress Johnson said the perspiration stood
out on his forehead in great beads, and he trem
bled like a leaf, but he stuck to the work until
it was completed. Four or five times while
standing; lu the open crave he jumped out ou
imagining that someone was approaching .them,
Tlie smell from the body was sickening in the
extreme, and he almost fainted. He was quite
sure he had selected the crave of the
suicide, but it was so dark he
could not see the body, and; as It was wrapped
up so closely* he did not get a look at it wheh it
was taken by him iiito thd Collects Brown had
told him beforehand that cvervthlnp would be
all right; that the law allowed the colleges so
many bodies a year, and he would pay him on
the delivery of the corpse at the medical insti
tution. Brown grave him a half-dollar with
which to get his breakfast yesterday, but no
more, aud he had gotten all ready to leave for
Elgin with the horse and huger when thb
officers arrested him at the stable. Brown
was not going back with him, and they had ar
ranged so that the horse and buggy would be
given into the hands of u colored man at Elgin,
and tlie blame of taking them away would prob
ablv be diverted Irom young Brown. Several
tidies while relating his story Johnson em
phatically stated that he was “a simple d~n
fool for going into the business,” and be would
not have done so had his poverty not forced
him. He furthermore expressed the hope that
the Lord would paralyze his tongue if he was
not telling tbe truth, and if he undertook
another such job. He was anxious to know
what the penalty would be, aud asserted his
innocence of any previous crime.
Brown informed the officers that Johnson had
told him before the grave-robbery that he had
planned and executed similar jobs in Cininnati,
St. Louis, and other places, but Johnson in
formed the reporter that he only did that tor
buncombe, to show Brown that fac was brave,
and not afraid to take the body up. The young
man. though; had lost his nerve, aud he bad to
do nearly all the work himself. .
Citv Marshal Power arrived In the city late in
the afternoon, and applied at the Central Sta
tion without delay for possible news regarding
tbe grave-robbers. He was told of, the facts as
tliev had developed themselves, atid saw young
Brown, to whom he said: “X’ou must have
made a mistake; vou got a woman.” ‘‘Good
God,” replied the voung body-snatcher,
“is that so!” Marshal Power told
The Thiudne man that the lady whose
decomposed bodv had been doubled up,
crammed under a buggy-seat, and in that con
dition brought to the citv, was a Mrs. Mina K.
Schrader, who, with her husband, formerly
lived at Hanover, Cook County. She died, as
he believed, from injuries received in conse
quence of a fall froai a buggy. Hcbrougnt
with him the burial permit, which states that
she died of pneumonia Sept. 20, lS<b, aged 41-
vears, some months and days, and that she was
attended bv Hr. S. P. Browh, father of the
youn"* man now iri custody, and whose
uamels attached to the certificate.
Brown’s father, he save, is a very respectable
physician in Elgin, and the youug man himSbll
has studied at the Bush Medical College m this
citv, and. is at present practicing here. He has
never been caught in anv scrapes, sustains a
good character, and the general opinion, as Mr.
Power states, is that he was Working in the in
terest ot science, ami got hold of the wrong sub
ject The bodv which, as Brown is said to
havd stated to the detectives, he desired to get,
was that of a young man
Wlio COMMITTED SUICIDE
in El"in a short time ago. He must have been
unfamiliar with localities, however, for this
vouu"- man was a pauper aud was buried m the
Potter’s Field, while Mrs. Schraedcr, who was
pot a pauper, was buried in another portion of
the cemetery. _ , ' . . r .
The uc’to, Sam Johnson, lives in ■fc.i
ciu, and ”.Mr. Rower understands that
ne told Brown that lie had ex
perience in body-snatching in other
places .Marshal Power will remove the two of
fenders to Elgin 10-dav. and arrangements have
been made to ship Mrs. Sehrnteder’s remains to
the same place. As the Court is in session at
El“in now, it is probable that the cases of
Brown and Johnson-will be called no without
Upon being questioned as to how he came to
take the cadaver to that particular college.
Brown said that he had made arrangements
with Prof. Pratt to bring in a oody,
for which he was to receive Sto, but
that when the body was brought it was derided
too far decayed to he ol service, and that, con
sequently, he did not receive his money. Prof.
Pratt had not. been found up to a late hour last
night, but Dr. Elms and another doctor in the
College informed a reporter list night that smh
a young man had called, and upon sneli a sub
ject, and bad been referred to Prof. Pratt.
Both gentlemen professed to know nothin., as
to where the body came from, and, more than
was elearfr evident that the body-snatchers
had made a mistake and got the wrong corpse,
iur.v. beh Johnson was informed of the fact that
the body taken from the college was that of a
woman, he cxnresscd great astonishment, and
said, “I wonder it we got the body ot the
Dutchwoman!” Brown was consulted on the
same point, and said he dio not see the body,
owin'” to the darkness.
Mr Elton, the Superintendent of the Morgua,
and the undertaker for the Coroner, took the
body in charge and placed it in a new coran. It
will be removed to Elgin to-day.
ELGIN-
Special Dispatch to The Tribune,
Elgin, HI., Nov. IC.— Last night the grave of
a German woman, named Mrs. Minnie Schrac
der of Hanover, Cook County, who
was buried in the Elgin Cemetery
last September, was opened and robbed
of its ghastlv contents. The woman
had been buried in the Potter’s Field, and be
side hers was the grave of a woman buned
Tuesdav. The erave-robbers were probably
ioukin 1 - for ibis body, but mistook the crave.
Fresh wacon-tracks can be seen near the crave.
It is tbongnt the body has been remot ed from
the city. itrs. Scbracdcr was aced 41 years.
At an earlv hour this moraine a reporter
called unon Prof. Prblt at his residence, Ao. 3-d
North LaSalle street. He was sbcbtly stunnea
bv the inquiry, “Doctor, there is a puns man
under arrest, who says bo was hired by you to
resurrect stills for you at apiece. do von
know anything about it!” He then consented to
t "l° the entire story. Thursday a younc mail,
who refused to disclose his J dc " clt Tt “
upon him at the college, and wanted to knon if
be would buv a body. A verbal acreemcnl was
cntSed into, the young man promis
in"- to get a bodv legitimately,—
lu r which was uiidrcstood a body
over which there would be no nnsgivine rela
tives should it be found in the dissptme-room.
The law furnishes the medical students with
onlv a few corpses, entirely insufficient
for the demand. When the,younc man
bronchi the body yesterday Dr. Pratt found it
«o decomposed that he refused topay for it, out,
as' fhe young man had no means .of disposing
of it, he offered to .box and bury it
THE CHICAGO -TRIBUNE! SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES.
in their graveyard. The young man was
quite surprised when the body wds taken but ot
Ihe sack and placed cm the dissecting table, and
said, “We have made a mistake, and got the
\vro:ig bodv.” And that is all Dr. Pratt allows
he had to with it.
THE OPEIIA.
Debut of Mile. liitta.
Lucia..;. V.
Edg.vrdo...
Ashton
Itaymondo
On the 9th of August, ISUO, a little girl from
Bloomington, 111., Marie von Eisner, un
known 16 faine, sung id a concert at the Crosby
Music-Hall. It was an unpretentious concert,
and was attended by a handful Of peo
ple. Franz Snyder played the violin
and Prof. Miller the On the following
morning Tub Chicago Tribune predict that
the world would hear of Marie vou Eisner some
day. Time went on, and sub found a teacher
and a wealthy patron In Cleveland who recog
nized her talent and sent her to Europe. She
enjoyed the tuition of a great teacher and u
great artist; Mine. Garda and Mine. Lagrange,
and she attained such proficiency that when she
made her debuts in-X*aria and Vienna; news
reached this country of a great success. This
kind of news, however, comes here
often, for European criticism is very un
certain, and it is not difficult 10 secure
the record of a success -in- many unscrupulous
musical journals. \Vlieii Strakbsch wfis in
Paris, he was so well satisfied with her abilities
that he muile a tlirec : jetera’ contract with iicr,
not aware that there already existed a two
ycars’contract with her old teacher, Prof. Un
clerner, of Cleveland. With the controversy
between tlio two contractors the nubile Is al
ready familiar; It resulted in a com promise,
by which Strakosh made a fresh contract tor one
year, and allowed her to apoear in concert at
Cleveland. She has now made her operatic
debut, and the result confirms the confident ex
pressions of Tub Chicago TitiiiuxE, written
twelve years uso- . ...
It was entirely in keeplrie that she should
make liter American debut in the principal city
of her native Stale. She went away from hero
unknown, and she returns a famous artist, and
one ol the few really treat sinners America has
produced. Twelve years arro she sann to a bch-
Varlv array of empty benches; last cvcninn a
arm and lirilllnilfuUdlenCC nave her a neuuine
Western welcome, full of sympathy and en
thusiasm, and that welcome, before the cveoins
was over, became an ovation that hardly knew
lim St.
She chose for her dehut the title-role in
11 Lucia,” hi which she made her first appear
ance and first success ih I’aris. The debutante
is a hloade of statuesque form, with stromrly
marked hut prepossession countenance, and
witu a stane presence that is .very easy and un
affected. Her voice is one of remarkable cven
uess and rouuducss in all .the registers, is very
asrreeable in quality, and of more than ordinary
compass. The most salient feature of this voice
perhaps is its wonderful flexibility; in this re
spect it is almost phenomenal. Such vocal anility
in fact has been rarely witnessed here or such a
marvelous method since the time of Laborde.
Her roulades are executed with wonderful ve
locity, and those in staccato are wonderfully
clear cut. Her trills, even til altlssimo, are
perloctiy clear and . balanced. Her technique
UroUShout is not only wonderful but is elenant
and artistic, never prejudices the tone, and is
not characterized by the musical artifices which
arte so common with many mama donnas. The
work is thoronnhiy icnithhalc. It this, how
ever.. were the only characteristic of Mile.
Litla’s tingin'”, we should have little hone
of iter Tuturc. The day, ot musical
rockets, for which Kossinl is responsible,
has ricarlv gone by. They linker yet in some ot
tbe old w orks, but it is not likely that the operas
of the luluro will call for them su. lunch as lor
purity of intonation, dramatic expression, and
ability for sustained singing. It is fortunate
that the voung sinner has qualities more solid
and enduring. Her voice is not only agile, but
it is voting, fresh, limpid, sympathetic, and re
markably even in its emission. Her intonation
is pure, ncr sotto voce almost as line as Nils
son’s, her phrasing clear and Intelligent. and
she never descends to trickery or artifice. On
the other hand there is a natural sim
plicity and grace in her style that
make bute forget her art. In all her w ork it is
apparent that she is followintr closely in the
luutsteps of that consummate artist, .Mine. La
grange, who taUght her. If her physical
strength holds out, it is not improbable thotshc
raav reach as high an eminence in the world of
song as that great artist. ’llllOO remaining re
quisite for vocal success, that ot power, the ab
solute puritv and carrying quality of the voice,
like that ot i’arepa’s. enable her to cope
with the whole force of chorus and orchestra.
In the duels and sextette which coil tor great
power, she rose grandly to the requirements
ot the score. As an actress, she does not reach
the level of her vocal ability. She is a much
greater singer than actress, and yet there ts a
refinement and delightful naturalness and sim
plicity in her personation which will always
commend her to the favor ot an audience.. Sue
has not a particle of stagihess or of the stilled
operatic conventionalities which have become
so teiiiouslv common on the lyric stage.
We have "said that her welcome was an enthu
siastic one. Her very first aria, the *’ Reguana
vel Sileuzio,” increased that enthusiasm into
vociferous aopladsc all over the house, and its
pendant, the “ Quando rapito,” secured her the
rare tribute of an encore in the middle ot the
act. Tne following duet with EJganlo added
to the excitement, and upon the fall ot the cur
tain she was recalled three times amid a very
temnest of cheers. In the “Chi mi Irena” she
met with another ovation, and at the end ot the
act was twice called our. Her finest success was
in the duo with the flute in the last act, which
was fairly dazzling in lioriture, especially in the
cadenza, which, we. believe, Lagrange wrote
for her, and created snch a furore
that tne wholte house rose to the artist and
greeted her with bravos aud cheers. At the
tend of tne opera the audience waited to call her
again before the curtain, and gave her a parting
plaudit of cheers. The writer has witnessed
even- operatic representation in Chicago during
the past twenty-five years, and cannot recall a
similarly enthusiastic scene.
Mile. Litta was supported by Jlr. Adams as
Edqar, who sang In his customary artistic and
very dramatic stvic, though lie was quite hoarse
by tbe time be bad reached his grand aria in the
act. The remainder ot the support, chorus ex
centted, was weak.
THE ADVANCE IN FURS AND ITS EFFECTS
IN CHICAGO,
The recent advance in the price of seal-skins
in the London market has caused quite a com
motion itfthe fur trade, and in order to learn how
the advance would affect the Chicago market, a
Tkihune representative called on Mr. A. Bishop,
of the firm of A. Bishop & Co., corner State
and Monroe streets. Mr. Bishop’s forty-five
years experience in the fur trade make him an
authority on all matters connected with the
business, and he was interviewed as follows:
“ Is it true that the price of seal-skins has ad
vanced in the London market?”
“Look at these telegrams,” said Mr. Bishop
in reply, handing over about a dozen dispatches
from the purchasing agents of the -firm in Bew
York, Boston, and 'London, to the effect that
there had been an advfcbce of 00 per cent on the
March sales in London..
“How will this advance affect the Chicago
market?” was the next query.
“Dealers who have not yet laid in their stock
of furs will be compelled to rise in their prices,”
said Mr. Bishop; “but I have been expecting
an advance, and we made lorge purchases last
spring and summer. We will not be obliged
to buy any more to speak of this season, and
forlhe present at least we will fill all orders at
the old prices. We handled a very large stock
of raw furs this season, and we imported an un
usually large and fine selection of choice seal
skins direct from the best London dyers. W e
are, therefore, fully prepared to supply the de
mands of our customers for first-class goods,
and to give them the benefit of the lowest
possible prices.”
MIDNIGHT ASSAULT.
About 11:30 o’clock Friday night John Mc-
Laughlin, of No. 190 West Taylor street, was
assaulted on Desplaines street, near Taylor, by
three voung men, who held him up and ronbed
h.m of a couple of dollars in change
and then handled him roughly because he did
not have more. Officer William Casey arrested
a well-known thief named Mike Monyhan last
night, and charged him with the robbery. -Mr.
McLaughlin identifies him as one of the parties
who robbed him.
MEN OF MARK.
We refer to the mfa who are clad in the
stylish suits of Mollan, merchant tailor. 83
Madison street. Choicest imported woolens
made into business-suits and overcoats lower
than ever before in the history of Chicago.
THE EFFECT OF OPERA,
on the public seems to create a general demand for
music, judging from llie immense sales ol pianos.
One house alone in this city iPciton & Pomeroy)
are selling about five per day' of their ■ magnificent
uprights. - This don’t look much like hard times.
the exposition.
Annual Meeting of the Stock
. holders of the Institution.
Keports of tlie Secretary aud
Treasurer A Fine
Sliowlng.
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, Conly
A Dividend of Seven Per Gent Declared—
Attractions for Pntnre Shows.
The annual meeting of the stockholders ot
the Expoeition Company was held at 2i30
o’clock yesterday afternoon in the Exposition
Building. Among those urgent were C. P.
Kellogg! G. C. Clarke, J. P-Reynolds, Potter
Palmer, Samuel Johnston, Jacob Koscnbnrger,
E. G. Asay, Robert Law, Edward Gunther,
George Laiiin, E. G- Stelle, E. S. Stlekney, J.
M. IV. Jones, J. H. Dole, J. Irving Pearce, J.
H. Stafford, J. -A. Mason, R. T. Crane, E. L.
Jansen, and others.
First Vice-President Samuel Johnson called
the meeting id order in the absence of Presi
dent Harris, to whom he paid a eomnlimteht for
his energy shown in behalf of the Exposition
while lie lived in Chicago. He also congratu
lated tlie corporation upon its success during
the past year, as shown from tlie reports pre
sented by the Secretary and Treasurer.
TKEXSUItBR J* IRVING PEARCE
presented his report as follows:
imcKirrs.
Balance per last statement;...;— .; S 22; 357
Restaurant, 10 per cent.... L M 4
Permits 4 J» ££o
Art Hall, ‘ * Gettysburg”.... y 2.G90
Elevator, gross earnings..-.
Art Hall, catalogues
Cleouatra
Jloak-r00m... ..
Rental of building... 2*?2l
Bills payable
; *** • 70;C80
Sundry other sources «•»!
Total. ...... 5125.211
dTflhunsEMEKTri.
By paid warrants dmwn by Secretary and
. countersigned by Auditor.;...... ; $ 00,818
Dividends paid 14,01*
Total...
Balance oh hand... ••• ...... 22,4*a
Tlie report was received and ordered to be
printed.
. SECRETARY REYNOLDS
then read his annual report lor the year 1878,
which is as follows:
Checks have been drawn upon tlie Treasurer for
the sum of 590.815.0 U. They arc classified as fol
lows: Account of construction, repairs,
87,301; labor. $82,284: printing aud advertising,
$5,a00; personal proueny, $7,212; bills payable
(money borrowed), $7,00U; caucuses, s2H t 44o;
insurance, $3,1)02; total, $90,818.
Of tills total there was exocnded: On account of
art department, $13,384; mechanical department.
$7,751,
OUTSTANDING LIABILITIES.
Exclusive of capital stock, the outstanding lia
bilities, eo far as known or believed to exist, are
aa follows: Attorney's fee, in connection with
the successful application to the United Stated
Treasury Department fora remission of duties oaid
on imported casts for art hall, estimated, $100;
rental wares for treasure, SUO; due Homo of the
Friendless by order Board Directors, $100; balance
duo on dividend 1877, SB2; other bills, estimated,
$100; total, $44*2.
Deducting this total of outstanding liabilities
from cash onlance in the hands of the Treasurer,
as shown by his report of this date, and there re
mains the net sum of $22,032.
The United Stales Treasury Department has no
tified this office of the decision to refund the Un
tied paid oil the casts imported and the deposit
made us required in connection with and pending
the application tor the mime, amounting in all to
§1,330. This amount will be paid over at au early
day, anti being added to the balance In the hands
of the Treasurer will give the sum of $23,582.
Comparing tnese figures with tbe statement of
1577, the Treasurer's ualaace was then $21,557;
the outstanding liabilities estimated at $1,140,
proved finally to be $1,289, leaving the available
balance of $21,207, a difference in favor of 1878
of $2,315.
CAPITAL STOCK.
The certificates issued to date represent full
fchares 2,305. fractional scrip, representing full
shares 130.14; umtistnbnled. belonging to the
corporation, 4.80; total capltalstock, 2.sooshares.
The number of sliareboldera is 406, an increase of
thirty during the post year. .
DIVIDEND.
The Board of Directors at, their meeting yester
dav (15ih tnat.) dvciored a dividend of 7 per cent
upon the .mock of record, the same to be payable
on and after the Ist of December, -pros. They
also ordcrcrod ihc stock-books closed lor transfer
at once and to remain so closed until said Dec. 1.
The late exhibition commenced Wednesday even
ing, Sept, 4, and dosed Saturday evening, Oct.
It), being held for the same time as; in 1877. The
number of exhibitors in all departments was about
700. The whole number of paid admissions, not
including exhibitors or employes holding season
tickets, was 295,595, being sixty-five leas than in
1877. Tlie entire ticket sales were aa follows:
Adults. 2.’» cents each 2454.1 $62, i:iO,2A
children, is cent* each. :n,22:> Mr I ,*?;'
Children, 10 cents each !4,gSo 1,42d.u0
Adults. 10 cents each, Sunday. - . „
null i,SAO i;»n.no
ExMoiton, S 3 each 448
Employes, $2 each -»U7 ii^l.ou
Total.
The average paying attendance 7 was almost ex
actly the same us in 1877, or a Utile more than
7,500 per day. The whole number of Exposition
tickets sold by railway and other transportation
companies and collected at the doors, amounted to
22.792, belngou excess of 300 tickets over lust
year. The paying attendance at each of the last
two exhibitions—lß77 aud 1878-wus very consid
erably larger than at either of the exhibitions
previously held, not excepting the first, the less
ened receipts being accounted for entirely by the
rcouccd rates of admission and more favorable
terms to the exhibitors. If there arc any who
have been led to believe that the interest m these
annual exhibitions felt by the general pnblic
has declined with their repetition from
year to year, they have bat
to consult the figures and records to learn how far
from correct is such an impression, under the
policy inaugurated at theontset by the Executive
Committee, and adhered to ever since, of deserv
in" success by the liberal treatment of exhibitors,
and securing for each succeeding exhibition im
portant, attractive, and instructive objects in the
several departments, the interest and confidence
of the people of the Northwest have been firmly
established, and are not to be shaken except by
the prevalence of less liberal views on the part of
tbe management, a condition of things not likely
to be realized so long as the present stockholders
In the organization discharge their duty in the
direction of its affairs.
THE ART DEPARTMENT
contained 342 oil-paintings and water-colors,
manv of them of rare merit and great value, equal
in*'.‘if not excelling, in quality, as a'whole, any
preceding collection. Also, 121 photographs by
American and foreign photographers. In addition
to these were about 100 casts of the most cele
brated works of antique sculpture, purchased
abroad hv this organization, and designed us a first
step in the formation of a permanent art-museum.
This purchase was recommended by the Snb-Com-
Committce on the Art Department, and authorized
bv the Executive Committee in the belief that the
time had arrived when such an en
terprise. if not actually demanded, was
entirely justified as a measure of sound
policy, and demonstrating the wish and intention
of tlie organization to contribute materially to the
limited facilities for me study of fine art in this
community, at the same time laying the founda
tion for an attractive and permanent feature of the
highest character for our annual exhibitions. In
obedience to an order of the Board of Directors the
art galleries were opened to the public on two suc
cessive Sundays at an admission fee of 10 cents;
but for some reason the attendance was not suf
ficient to warrant the enterprise, and these exhibi
tions were discontinued.
THE MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
was unusually full of costly ami Interesting ex*
Mbits embracing many processes of manufacture
entirely new to the public. This mode of exhibi
tion is rapidly growing in favor, and adds im
mensely to the attractions of this department.
A"ain the demand for apace in the departments
of agriculture] and general machinery was largely
in excess of the supply, a condition or things
much to be regretted, but for the present without
apparent remedy.
THE OTHER HEPAUTMENT3
presented their usual propoi lion of novelties and
tbowr displays, and contributed their full share to
the entertainment and instruction of the visitors.
\8 a whole, the late Exhibition was more even
and bi"h in qualitv throughout the several depart
ment than any ot its predecessors: the building in
all us pans was fall, and the attendance from day
today throughout the entire term was entirely
sattiaclory to exhibitors. The applications for
space in the Exhibitioner next year are already
Quite numerous, and there is nothing apparent to
diminish the prosperity and nsefnlneaa or the or
ganization for the future aa compared with the
V Such portions o( ;the building aamay be required
for the purpose will do let 10 the Illinois Stale
Hoard of Agriculture fur the purpose of hold
ing a fat-stock show daring ths first
week in December next, the rental agreed
upon being 10 per cent of the gross receipts of the
exhibition. It la hoped aud believed that this dis
play will be merely the first of a long senes of ex
hibitions similar in character and purpose to that
of the Simthneld Cattle-Show of London, and.
should this expectation prove to be well founded,
the enterprise will be second only to the Exposi
tion in its importance to tbe city and country.
In regard to the condition of the building itself,
it will require, in the opinion of competent author
in'. some not verv extensive nor verv costly re
pairs daring the ensuing year, particularly in
renewing tbe inundations and lower sections of a
lew of the trusses, ana also • a portion
ot the mam Hoot north Ot. the central fountain.
The t:n root may aisc demand a coat ot paint and
THE LATE EXHIBITION.
$70,C8a70
,2SK>,r>lO
a little patching to render It waterproof In all
karts. With these repairs the building, it Is be
lieved. will be in thoroughly good condition and
capable of resisting the effects of weather and time
indefinitely.
The report was received.
The Chair then appointed Messrs. Peck,
Stelle, and Beeberger as the Auditing Commit
tee.
NOVELTIES NEEDED.
Mr. R. T. Crane offered the iollowinz
Wiieeeas. The Exposition heretofore given by
the Association has been successful and satisfac
tory to the exhibitors and'the public at large,
mainly by the fact s that it was an exhibi
tion that was comnaratlvfcly hew In its main
features to this section of country. This, howev
er. cannot be expected to continue if the future
displays are to be simply confined to the same old
lines year by year. So,. in order to insdre the
turn success, it will be absolutely necessary to add
cafch year many new anil novel features to the disr
play,' involving a much larger expenditure of
money; therefore, be It
Resolved, That, in view of the foregoing.it is the
sense of j the stockholders of ibis Association that
it is nut deemed politic or expedient that future
dividends phall be declare?* to bxceud 6 per cent’icr
annum, and that tbe Ibrcctgrs are instructed to
never declare any dividend exceeding said specified
rale.
Mr. Uranc, in advocatin'; his resolution,
claimed that the dividend of 7 per ceiit was
equal to compound interest on tbe amount 61
capital stock, and equivalent to 8 per Cent.
Mr. Potter Palmer offered to sell his stock
at 20 ednta oh the dollar, with 10 per cent in
terest added.
Mr. Crane was hot buying:, stock.
Mr. A, H. Burley offered the following as d
substitute':’
Hetohed, That the Directors be. and arc herebv.
requested to call a meeting.of the stockholders
before declaring a dividend, in order that tbe
stockholders may decide noon the amount of such
dividend.
This resolution prevailed. * a
Messrs. Asay, Hole, and Scebcrgcr were \p
pbiiitcU a ‘Committee on Proxies.
Mr. E. G. Asay moved that they co ihto an
election of a Board 6f twenty five Directors.
Carried. Messrs. Burley and Masdn were ap
pointed tellers. The election was then proceed
ed with, 1,079 . shares being represented and
voting, it resulted as follows: MOhroc Heath,
J. Irving Pdarec, 1). B. Fisk, George Schneider,
T. P. Tollman, C. B. Farwell, J. P. Revnolds,
M.D. Wells, J.H. Dole, Potter Palmer,* E. G.
Asay, Jacou Rosenberg. A. McXully, AV. 11.
'Cunningham. J., X. Withered, E. T. Stelle,
Marshall Field. J. W. Stewart, John R. Walsh,
Samuel Johnston. Albert S. Gage, James A.
Mason, Henry W. Fdrrar, John Hall How,
Gconre C. Clarke.
The meeting then adjourned.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Mr. Edison’fj Successes and Hopes—He Is in
Good Health and Excellent Spirits, and Is
Pushing On His Experiments Vigorously
New York, Nov. 14.—T0 the Editor of the
New York Tribune: The Tribune of this morning
contains the following paragraph, which you
will undoubtedly be glad to correct:
PROP, EDISON’S EXPERIMENTS.
Prof. Thomas A. Edison has ceased his experi
ments on the Metropolitan Elevated Railway with
a view to discovering some means of deadening the
sound, and has severed his connection with the
railway company. It is understood that Frof.
Edison is suffering frbnj ill-health, and that he
has also given up his experiment* with the electric
light.
My relations to bntn the Metropolitan Ele
vated Railway Company aud to Mr. Edison, in
respect, to his iuventTons and discoveries in elec
tric light, give me opnortunity to know the
truth about these matters; and tho public in
terest concerning them makes it seem a duty to
correct statements which I know to be erroneous.
Mr. Edison’s experiments unon the railway
structure have terminated, because they are
complete. His connection with the Company
remains as before, under a subsisting contract
oy which the Company has a right to his advice
and services at any time as an expert in acoustics.
Mr. Edison’s ill-health, as I learn indirectly
from his family physician, Dr, Leslie Ward, of
New York, and directly from Dr. £. L. Keyes,
of New York, who visited him professionally
two weeks since at Menlo Park, was of a tern
porary character and not at all serious. For
about two weeks past Mr. Edison has been daily
and nichtlv, as usual, at work in his laboratory
unon the electric light. I spent several hours
with him there on Tuesday last. He seemed in the
highest spirits, and in excellent health, and very
enthusiastic over the result of his work in elec
tric lighting. Since the state of progress in
tuis work Is of interest to the public, I may
avail of this occasion to state rayiunderstanding
of it, premising that I am not an exocrt.
As I understand it, Mr. Edison lirst discover
ed some months since his new method of divid
ing the electric light; or. in other words, of
taking the electric current which by long-known
methods produces (through incandescence and
slow combustion of carbon pencils) a single
light equal, say to 4,000 candles, ami (passing it
over an extended wire) distributing it at numer
ous dilfercnt. points so as to yield at each point
a separate light of say fifteen candles,—the
ordinary gas-lmmer power. He then devised a
form of lamp intended, in connection with
other devices, to enable him to produce
with the same current such a number
of separate lights that the sum of these
divided lights would equal the sum of a
single light produced bv the carbons. His
first invention, ns it will appear in the first
patents to lie issued, will biit inadequately show
the novel discoveries and devices which he has
made, even to ttiis time; at which time, accord
ing to his own view, he is comparatively only
upon the threshold of a new and wouderml de
veloomcnt of electrical science. In the mean
time. the prooer exhibition of what has already
been invented, as well as the study of the eco
nomical questions involved, required the erec
tion of large buildings, engines, etc., which is
now going on with the utmost rapidity. Pend
ing their completion, Mr. Edison, far froin hav
ing given up his experiments, is pursuing a
great variety of them with hiscustomary energy,
and even more than his customary good fortune.
In the meantime there Is an interest some
where to set on foot false reports affecting Mr.
Edison’s light, one of which, recently circulated
in an up-town club, I beg space to correct- It
was stated that an otliciai paper, emanating from
the British Patcut-Olllce, had been seen, winch
denied a patent to Mr. Edison. The author of
the report would perhaps have been more care
ful had he known that the legal period fixed for
the Issue or denial of such a patent has not yet
been reached, and that tne existence of such
a paper at this time Is therefore impossible.
Yours, Grosvesoh P. Lowlier.
\fic Ttirk Sun, Xoc. 15.
Griffin sent for Mr. Edison. 1 saw him corns
in ff down stairs through a glass lie
was reading a letter and dropped mechanically
from step to step. His hair was uncombed, and
lie had not been shaved for a week. His eyes
were bright, but his face and hands were sooty.
In one of his brown studies he had planted his
elbow into some overturned acid, and there was
a large red spot on the sleeve of his coat. Ihe
acid had nipped the flesh, for at intervals he
rubbed his elbow with some vigor. A red silk
handkerchief wrapped light about his neck was
a reminder of his recent attack of neuralgia.
This was brought on by intense application.
He said: “ I sat eight hours within a foot of an
electric light equal to the light of S,DOO candles
fusing things in theelectricare. Iw.ore glasses, oi
course, and completely forgot myself. When I
stopped work my face was burned as though-t
had been exposed to the hot sun. It was so
sore that 1 couldn’t wash it. Then the pains
took me in the back of the neck and the head. I
don’t know whether it was neuralgia or some
thing else. It makes no difference what they
call it. 1 have had enough of it. .
When asked whether he was ready to give the
public the secret of his invention for the sub
division of the electric light, ne said: My
patent in England is all right, but 1 re
ceived no returns from the Continent. As soon
as I am protected there, the whole thing will be
made public. The invention is so simple that
everybody‘can understand it.
*. ire you still confident that you can produce
an clcctnc light that will be cheaper than gas
and eive as good a light!” I asked.
“ lam more than ever confident,” he replied.
U I may sav lam positive. lam experimenting
nWhtand day to ascertain the exact cost, but
am already sure that the lurht will .
cheancr than cas. I have told jou that lam
putting up a brick building 125 feet long to
practicallv demonstrate the utility and economy
Sf my discovery. The building will be com
pleted within two weeks. Come out and look
at The Professor covered his head with a now
felt bat, and we went back of the laboratory'.
Brick walls had risen from the J% e
magic. The building is almost ready for
mg. A hundred horse-power boiler is already
in position, and the engine will be on tne
ground to-morrow. Mr. Edison engaged his
engineer yesterdav. It took but a moment.
The man was familiar with the engine to ho
used, and came on'from Boston and applied for
a situation. The Professor read his letters of
recommendation. “Be here as soon as you
can,” he said. “I’ll give you $3 a day and extra
pay for extra work.’’ ~
With this hundred horse-power engine .Mr.
Edison proposes to light Menlo Park. lie rays
he will start in with 2,000 lights. ,uI J “ s 0
teic-n-aph-poles, with arms across the tops,
placing fifteen lights on each arm. The lights
will be run across the plateau far out into the
woods. “ 1 Shall also put them in all the
bouses around here,” he said, “to see how tho
women folks handle them.” The main object
is to ascertain how many electric jets, ea'Ch
equal to one gas-jet. can be obtained from a
one-horse potoef. The experiment will also
enable him to discover any delects ahd make
the invention, complete before trying: to adapt
it to the great cities.
u The thing cannot be done In a da\%” said
Mr. Edison. “1 am working on a principle
without known laws to guide iuo, and the ex
periments demand both lime and poney. They
require a thorough knowledge of chemistry,
metallurgy, electricity, the laws of light and
heat, Steam engineering, magnetism, ahd other
sciences. They must be made by d practical
man, who is conversant with almost every
science outside of bones and botany. 1 can’t
say that I am the man, but I do aay that I have
tnen with me who understand WQat I do not
understand. The subdivision of the light is
perfectly successful, and Its utility, to my mind,
already‘’assured.”
No carbon is used in producing the light. Mr.
Edison thinks that be will have it in practical
operation at Meulo Park within six weeks or
two months. “I see.” headded, “in this morn
ing’s Tribune that I have given up my experi
ments with the electric light and severed my
connection with the Metropolitan Elevated
Kailroad.”
“Where did they get their Information!” I
asked.
After a grave pause he answered, “I give it
up.”
Ground has been broken for the erection of a
private office to the left of the entrance to the
laboratory. The brick walls arc already going
up, and the structure will soon be completed.
It will cover a brick vault, in which valuable
papers and unfinished inventions will be safe in
case of fire*
After asserting the necessity for BUch a build
ing, the Professor took a fresh chc\k of tobacco,
and went up-Stalre two steps at a time.
GRAPE-CUTTINGS FOR EXPORT.
The 'excellence of the Aiherlcnn crape-culture is
how acknowledged by foreign wine-growers, and
this season some 200,000 cuttings were purchased
at flammondsport, Steuben County, N. Y.. fpr
transplanting in the leading Ffhnch vineyards. It
is this superior quality of the grapes used that
gives the productions of the Sfcnbca County Wine
Company such an enviable reputation among wine
cohhoiSscnrs. Depot 170 Madison street.
TO HAKE A JUDICIOUS SELECTION
and sccnre agootl gold or silver witch for the least
money, go where a fine ossortmenlls kept, and
where the advice of an honest expert can be ob
tained. Hamilton. ShoardsJb Co.* (>G State street,
corner Randolph, have full lines of Waltham. Kl
ein, and Geneva watches elegantly cased, and
their expenses arc so light that thev are able to
make prices so low that to compete with them
would drive every other State street concern into
bankruptcy.
BARGAINS.
LVpman, formerly corner Monroe and Clark
streets, is now located southeast comer Madison
and Clark streets. Room 11, over Boston Clothifig
Store, where he proposes to sell goods cheaper
than other dealers. , No\V on hand for sale a lot of
forfeited goods, consisting of gold and silver
watches, jewelry, chains, (Ramonas set in pins,
rings, sums, and sets; in fact, Lipman intends to
sell bargains, and as usual will give satisfaction.
ANY ONE DESIRING ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHS
or copies finished in ink, crayon, or water colors
for Christmas presents shottid eo to ifosheris Art
Gallery, 155 State street, as his work is superior in
'style and finish, and at low prices. Children a
specialty. Sittings by appointment.
THE LATEST IN SEWING MACHINES
can be seen at No. 135 State street. It is the
“Silent-Peed" jnst attached to that wonderful
No. 8 New Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine.
Tnc only lock-stitch machine that Is noiseless.
A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
is true of old coats, and mouths. When the for
mer show? the first defect take a ‘‘stitch,' ■" and
always keep the mouth right by using Sozodont.
It costs less for a new coat thin a set of teeth.
False teeth are not as pleasant os natural ones.
WISM. LIQUORS, Etc.
Sweet datawba & Port Wine,
§1.50 per gal., 50e per Lottie.
CALIFORNIA
ADgelica, Fort, Inscat. Madeira. Malaga,
Way, anil lit TDiejarl
WINES,
VINTAGE OF IS7S AND 1574,
52.00 TO 52.25 PER GAL.
These Wines arc specially rec
ommended for sacramental, me
dicinal, and family use. They are
the pure juice of the grape.
BOHEBON WHISKY.
PER GALLON.
Kelson Comity. Spring 1575 $3.00
Kelson Comity, Spring 1576 2.50
Kelson County. Spring 1577 2.00
And a fall stock of Sour Mash Whiskies
from the mostnotod distilleries inKentuoky.
I3IPORTED
COGNAC BEANDIES.
Jamaica and St. Croix Enm,
Holland Gin,
Champagnes, Ports, Sherries.
Clarets, Ac.. Ac.. Ac.
SEE SPECIAL PRICE-LIST OP THIS
DEPARTMENT.
a I SLACK'S
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
lAIIOTH &ROCERYHOUSB
109 East Madison-st.
Branch, 210 anil 212 Korth Clart-st (comer
Superior), Chicago.
Send for price-list of the most extensive
stock of Poroian and Domestic Groceries
in the Northwest.
KEW POBLJCATIOXS.
Tfec Donnelley, (lassctte & Loyd
mmols TEAS BOOK
ASD
ALMANAC
FOR 1879,
■Will be Issued about Jan- l. It 1» de*lencd,that this
book shall contain Information suited to the wants or
all who may desire statistical knowledge. In short, t
will he a Hand-Book for the ose of Merchants. Busi
ness Men. Farmers, Lawyers, and Politicians.
It will contain a sketch of the life of many prominent
Illinoisans, and a complete manual of Masonic organiza
tions la the State of rillnols. Those whodesire to ob
tain advertising rates can do so by calling at Boom 1
Lakeside Building.
XO REXT.
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GLARK-ST. STORE,
NO. 126.
Inquire at Boom 1. on premises.
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Offensive Breath, Headache; Asthma, and Bronchitis.
Sold by druggists. Sample free. Office. 70 State-at.
uiilDKEßcliiEH, FillScESt Eie.
mine.
BARGAINS
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200 doz. Large Size All-Silk
Hdkfs., in Col’d and White
Centres, at 15c.
100 doz. Ladies* All-Linen
Hemstitched Hdkfs., full 5-8.
at $1.75 per doz,
300 doz. All-Linen Hemstitched
Hdkfs., very "fine, at $2.25
and $2.50 per doz.; former
price $2.75 and $3.50 per doz.
SILK FRINGES.
Examine our Blk. Silk Fringes
at 50, 65, 75, 85c.
100 pcs. Fine Fringes in Whale
• hone and Silk at sl, $1.15,
$1,25, $1.35, and $1.50.
Look at our Silk Fringes at
$1.75, $2, $2.25, and $2.50.
Any of the ahoVe will he
found, on close inspection, to
he fully 15 per cent below the
prices asked elsewhere.
1,000 GROSS
FANCY PEARL BUTTONS.
Fine Natural and Inlaid Pearl
Buttons at 20, 25, 35, 40, and
50c per doz.
Buffalo Horn Buttons, Inlaid
■with Pearl, at 75, 85c, and sl.
In addition to the above Great Bargains,
vre shall receive during the week about
500 gross of tine Cameo i’carl Buttons,
elegantly engraved, at about half the
usual prices. _____
PARDRIDGES'
MAIN STORE,
114 & 116 State-st.
KOLSDAV GOODS*
ttjilMt JIL Slue
HAYE OPENED,
DUEING THE PAST WEEK,
1W fIOWSI
IN EYEET DEPAETMENT,
AND ARE EXHIBITING
THE FINEST HE Of GOODS
OF AIL “KINDS, FOR
HOLIDAY
PRESENTS
Ever before shown. Early
buyers will find it to their ad
vantage to select from this
stock while complete, and tee
can safely say that our' as
sortment cannot be excelled,
as for quality, styles , and
prices, li e have AEL FIRST
QUALITY GOOES, which
have been bought at Forced
Sales, and must be closed out.
THE PLACE.
122 & 124 State-st,
JUST NORTH OP XADISOff.
SHOES.
LADIES!
OCK TRADE 3UKK.
H
SPANISH IXSTLP.
Examine our Fall
Stock before purchase
Inar. We will mow you
the finest lu the city.
Special attention w
culled to *• lluPKOofi’a
Spanish Atcbcd»*n»
(Step shoe and Slip
per.” which we are
Beilina: at reduced
prices. Special bor
gßiin in Pebble I«oat
Dutton and Side-
Lace Shoes.
iER & CO.v
DISON-ST.,
M. WEEE
74 EAST
MeYlcker** Theatre.
.lust cast of
KLM\SS
.A-IR/ZEUSTID’S
KUMYSS
or milk wxne.
A beverage or food foreverybody. *»cfc or well. Fa
mous for its fattening and restorative power, easily di
gested. highly nourishing, and grateful to a delicate or
irritable stomach- Nothing else make* flesh and blood
and strength so fast. It often restores health- where
medicines fall. 'Specially beneficial la Dyspepsia. J.cu
eralDebllity.and all lasting Disease*. *end for circu
lars. Noagent*. Only depot 179 Kant Madi»oo-*t. Be
ware of Imitations. A. AlthND.Cjteintst^Qftzbiator^^
MEDICAL.
hoskepathic
FAMILY MEDICINE CASES,
And Works on Domestic Practice.
HEADQUARTERS.
Boericke & Tafel’s Pharmacyi
S 3 CLARK-ST., CIiICAUU
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