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December 31, 1887. J
GOOD CHEER
Means comfortable things
comfortable things to eat and
to wear at any time of the
year. Yet "good cheer"
somehow is associated with
cold weather and warm (ire-
sides and all that sort of thing.
The good cheer that we can
ofler you is
GOOD CLOTHES.
The weather is cold enough
to turn your thoughts that
way. Fur head covering, wool
body covering, fur and wool
hand covering we have them
all hats, clothes, gloves.
FINE FURNISHINGS.
We are ready to furnish you
these, and all furnishings
usually found in the finest fur
nishing stores.
THE STEADY WORK,
Selling reliable clothing
goes right on. We are doing
as usual getting the sound
est goods, making it into sub
stantial and stylish clothing,
taking only the manufacturer's
profits, putting you on the
level with the dealer, looking
for trade by guaranteeing our
sales.
All goods marked in plain
figures and one price to all.
THE WHEN,
25 and 27 West Main Street.
NEW YEARS
PRESENTS
DELIVERED
To any part of
the city by
The DISTRICT MESSEN6ERS
Leave Packages at 43 Sooth
Limestone Street.
'FHOnSTE 150.
ACHANCE FOR ALL!
GOOD GOODS
AT LOW PRICES:
Canned Corn lOcents.
Canned Tomatoe 10 cents.
Canned Striug Beans Scents.
Canned Peas 10 cents.
Canned Peaches 15 cents.
Prunes. ier pound 6H cts.
'ev lined Peaches, per pound... 10 cent.-.'
Oual Oil. per gallon 10 cents.
DOXT FORGET THE PLACE.
TUTTLE'S,
M. Cl SOUTH LIMESTONE ST.
ti:li:i'iionk 30.
SKATES
SLEDS,
CUTLERY. CDXL VRSES.
Oil Cloth. Hardware,
ManleU.Oratee, Ulan.
Paints, Etc.
GEO. A. DIEHL,
78aBd7SEstHiDSt.
1 HE 0UICK AND SAFE
ROAD TO WEALTH
IS TO SEND MONET TO
A. M. GRDTHERS COMP'Y
INVESTMENT BROKERS,
KOKTH MAIS ST, LOS AXOELES, CAL.
Special Attention given to Investments In
Land for Eastern People.
DRS.NILES& ALCORN
Office: Klni'i Xew Bulldlag. Market Street,
.-urintfield, onto.
UK. NILKS, Dlt. ALCOKX,
Physician and Surgeon. Oculist and Aurii
"cJf
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.
How a Week Has Gaily Passed With
Something of an Old-Time Whirl
of Excitement.
Lntlles' Kiulier 1'nrtTTlir Whl.t Club
The "Tlilrtrcu" The- Tlioma. Ke-
reptluu llnllttay otee nntt
IVrorniulitim.
Kyes whose every Klance If such
I teellt. like a velvet touch;
Eyes that all my comfort slay
let srleve me when they turn away;
Ey that Wok. r without fire;
1 bat look, and burn, without desire;
That seem to darken while they Ix-am
And dan a shadow with each gleam.
Eyes that smoulder while they sleep.
And clow like llnet when tlieypeep
From an unfathomable deep
Eyes that wound for pleasure's sake;
Uhit languish when they trlumpli take.
And slumber most when most awake.
Eyes that blur and Mind my sicht;
1 bat see my p tin thit know my plight.
thrill mel kill me with delimit.
Ye dark moons In a stiver night.
L'li.uu.h-. Wai:i:u Sjtoukaud.
The Xew Year season Is upon
us wllli its wealth of a.-eiations
and its a-hes of delightful ob
solete social customs. So far as re(orted,
there will be. an utter disregard of the
practice of keeping "open houe'' this ear.
In fact, it soenn to have "gone out" entire
ly In this city. This fact is to be regretted,
Inasmuch a Xcw Year's calling gives so
cial opportunities and creates ties which
no other phase of the social round can pos
sibly do.
The holiday week Is almost over. It has
been a rather giddy one for the Springheld
of today a city where social dullness
seems to be at a premium, but there have
been .easons in which last week, had it oc
curred, would have been pronounced slow
indeed. After all social pleasure is only a
comparative matter. What has occurred
during the week Is told below
Th event par excellence of the week
was the reception Thursday evening at the
residence or Mr. and Mrs. John II. Thomas,
to the bridal quartette, Mr. and SI
bummers and Mr. and Jlrsv w. i.
Thorna-. lty general acknowledgement
there are no entertainments In Sprlngheld
which ecel. in thorough good form and
brilhancy.the receptions at the Thomas res
idency Thuixlay evening's was one of the
most successful. The lovely house
was thronged to its capacity by the
four hundred guests who were
the favored recipients of invitations. Some
extremely brilliant toilets were won, the
young ladies who have in the last year, be
come brides, being particularly at their
best on this occasion. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas re-eived in the west drawing
room and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Thomas aud
Mr. and Mrs. Summers in the main drawing-room
in the tear. The brides wore
their wedding gowns, and eminently
representing two distinct tj pes of beautiful
womaniiooii were Indeed lovely.
A facade i
of tloral green and bloom on the mantel I
oeionu luriii was an eneciive Dack-grounaj mers, vv. s. Thomas, T. W. Ludlow, ex
while above, in roses, hung the dotferMav or Constantine. Sfert. Hedires. Warren
slcnlncant monogram. "S and T." The
dark, southern leauty of Mrs. Thomas and I
the statuesque grace of SIis Summers
were au effective contrast that enriched

The supper, served in courses, was a
dalntj one. but introduced such substantial
as the weather without suggested. Fore-1
man s admirable orchestra played a concert
programme in a mannner that challenged
first attention and then continued
enjojment A pleasant diversion of the
evening, aside from the conventional social
amenities of such occasions, was the in
spection of the large collection of bric-a-
brac and elegant trltles from foreign shores,
which the Thomas party collected on their
recent European trip and which now adds
an additional charm to the luxurious home.
Among the guests present were:
Amos Wolfe and wife, John L. Zimmer
man, J. J. Fisher, E. J. Sanford. Mr. and
Sirs. F. M. Hagan, Mr. and Sirs. E. B.
Christie, Sir. and Mrs, IiCnjamln Beale.Mr.
and Sirs. Cook, Sir. and Sirs, A. II. Gillett,
Sirs. Elizabeth Stewart, Dr. and Sirs. Kay.
Sir. and Sirs. George Collette, Mrs. B. F.
Houston, Sirs. Doup, l.oule Doup. Sir. and
Mrs. Barnett and daughter Lena, Sir. and
Mrs. Lou Phillips.Slr. and Sirs. A.5. Page,
Dr. and Sirs. T. B Potter.SIiss Barnett
of Bellefontaine. Sir. and Mrs. Ben Holtz,
Miss Slattie Bawlins, Mr. and Sirs. B. 0.
Bders. Mr. and Sirs. Chandler Bobbins.
Sli-ses Anna and Mary Babbitts. Charles
Babbitts, Will Babbitts, Mr. ami Sirs.
Harry Babbitts, Sirs. W. A. Scott; Mrs.
Stephenson, of Detroit; Sir. aud Sirs. Har
vey Slegenthaler, Sirs. Dr. Seys. Mrs. 31.
Steele and Miss Slartha Steele,
Miss Esther Simpson, Hobert Ban
croft, Sirs. Sophia Thomas and family,
Mr. and Sirs. J. W. Thomas. Sir. and Mrs.
B. I. Thiebaud. Sir. Harry Wiseman. Mrs.
It A. Wortliington, Judge and Mrs. Chas.
It White, Sir. and Sirs. 31. B. Willard,
Sir. and Sirs. E. F. Weils. Sirs. Wallace
and SIiss Clara Wallace, Sir. and Mrs. Am.
Winter, Sliss Fannie Winter. Sir. and Sirs.
Joe Little. Sir. and Mrs. T.W. Ludlow. Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. SIcGrew, Mr. and Mrs. T. F.
SIcGrew. jr., Sir. and Mrs.T. F.McGrew.sr.,
Sir and Sirs. S. F. SIcGrew, Sir. and Mrs.
Baldwin SIcGrew, Sliss Anna Slurphy, Sir.
and Sirs. Will Slurphy. Sir. and Sirs. O. T.
Slartin. Sir. and Sirs, P. P. Slast Sir. and
Sirs. Kob Sillier. Dr. and Sirs. S. A. Ort,
Sirs. Frank Grove, Sliss Delia Grove. Mr.
and Sirs. Charles Ward, Sir. and Sirs, C
B. Hank. Sir. and Sirs. 31. SI. Hedges. Sir.
and Sirs. Sol Houck. Sir. and Sirs.
B Holioway, Sir. and Sirs. Joe
Jabots. George Foos, Hobert Foos,
Mrs. J A. Wilson, Miss Ellen Wilson, Sir.
George II. Frey, Miss Susie Frey, Sir. and
Sirs. Ward Frej, Sir. and Sirs. Charles
Fisher, Sliss Bertha Falconer. Dr. Falconer.
Slis-es Fannie and Alice Foley, Dr. and
Sirs. FuIIerton. Sir. Frank Phillips, Miss
Auna Phillips, Sir. and Sirs. J. S. Crowell,
Sirs. Clara Cushman. Sir. Will Cusliman,
Miss Slame Cummings, Sir. and Mrs.
A. B. Cobauch. Sliss Mary Cobauzh,
Sir. and Sirs. Bandolpli Coleman, Mrs.
Con-tantine, Sliss Lulu Jefferies.Miss Dial,
George Dial, Sir. and Sirs. Will Downey,
Dr. and Sirs. Dimond, Sir. and Sirs. W. S.
Fields, Harry Bean, Mr. and Sirs. A. C.
Black, Sir. and Sirs. W. U. lllee. Miss
Anna Black, Sirs. Emily Bartholomew,
Balpli Bartholomew, Scipio E. Baker. Mr.
and SIis. Warren Kelly, lrs. Slarie
Inman, General aud Mrs. A. S. Bush
nell. Annie Baldwin. Louie Bvldwin,
Slisses Alice aud I.oIs Vose. Sir. and Mrs.
Henry Baldwin. Sliss Lulu Houck, James
Johnson, jr.. Mi-s Anna Johnsou, Frank
Johnson. Mr. Tousey. E. A. Mor
gan, A. H. Perfect, Sir. and
Sirs. J. A. Shipmau. Miss Anna Ship
man, Sir. aud Sirs. W. II. Weir, SlissShaw.
sister of Bector Steele, Sir. and Sirs. Bob
Quei-ser, Sir. and Mrs. Win. X. Whiteley.
Sir. f nd Mrs. C. 31. Xichols, General and
Mrs. Keifer, Sir. and Sirs. David King, Sir.
and Sirs. E. S. Kelly. Sir. and Mrs. O. S.
Kelly, Fred Ludlow, Will and Ad Bodgers.
The festivities of the week were auspi
ciously inaugurated by the ladies' progres
sive euchre party given on Tuesday after
roou by Sirs. W. II. Blee, at her charming
residence on north Limestone street
Ladies' progressive euchre parties are not
unknow u in the east, but they are a nov elty
In the "crude west," where the presence of
gciith men at anj social affair Is regarded
as desirable, if nut iiulisensable. Mrs.
Dice's part' was a striking instance of how
easy it is to dispense with the male social
element. As a matter of fact, the gentle
man is "goinc out" socially, and is likely,
soon, to be rel gated, altogether, to other
spheres than the world of society.
The party was given In honor of Airs. B.
Haw Icy and Mrs. ,1. I). Stephenson, of De
troll, Mrs. H S. Barnes, of Kansas City,
ai'd Miss Mabel Barnes, fnm Ursullne
convent. It was one of the social successes
of the sea-on. The houe was prettily
decorated with cut flowers and smllax.
Six tables in all waged the ab-oibinggame.
Mrs. lllee received in a lovely tea gown of
embroidered cashmere and lace front
over cherry silk. Mrs. Haaley wore black
silk and natural violets. Mrs. Stevenson
was, as usual, distinctly charming in black
and white silk and jet trimmings. Mrs.
it irncs wore black surah silk with jet orna
ments, ami Miss Harnes. who is deservedly
popular among tlio joimger society here,
were an attractive gown of heliotrope, com
bined with red silk.
Among thoM" present were: Mrs. W. S.
Thomas in terra cotta cloth, embroidered
in gold braid; Mrs. A. X. Summers, in a
charming costume of Nile green silk; Mrs.
Dr. Dimond. in black silk and jet; Mrs,
W. A. Scott, In brown silk and
velvet; Mrs. Fred 31. Farmer, in
he!lotroie moire and cloth: Mrs. Warren
Kelly, in black silk and jet; Mrs. E. S.
Kelly, in a combination gown of brown
silk; Mrs. Charles W. Constantine, in black
silk; Mrs. Louis Phillips, in a heliotrope
combination; Mrs. J. Frank McGrew, in
black silk and jet; Mrs. Joe I). Little, in
brown silk; Mis. Theo. M. Gugenhelm, In
terra cotta silk and velvet. Mrs. Chandler
Bobbins, m brown silk; Mrs. Bedford P,
Thiebaud. in black silk: Mrs, Conkiiu. In
black silk ami dead jet; Mrs. MertM.
Hedges. In tan colored embroidered cloth;
Mrs. llnirstou Ludlow, black silk and Jet
trimming; Miss White in heliotrope velvet
and Miss Babbitts In black silk and jet.
I he game continued until 5 o clock, when
the prizes were awarded. Mrs. Bobbins
and Mrs. Farmerwon the first favors.whlch
were two fairv lamps. The booby prizes
were won by Mls White, a dainty cup and
saucer, and Mrs. Stevenson, a party bag.
An exquisite lunch of four courses was
served on small tables and met with a dis
tinct appreciation. The party was a social
triumph and amply demonstrated the use-
Iessness of gentlemen.
ft second of the series of dances by
the Centlemens' assembly was given last
evening at the Arcade hotel. It was a repe
tit'on in limit of its features of the bril
liant openinir dance of last week. About
the same number werepresent,tbough there
were more of the oung people out The
contingent of married folks was not quite
so large, though a goodly number were
present. Mr. and Sirs. O. S. Kelly and
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. SIcGrew, jr., lecelved
in the parlots of the hotel, from which an
immediate adjournment was held to the
dancing-hall, the dluing-room. A little
more wax made a marked improvement in
the floor aud largely increased the pleasure
of dancing, Sixteen numbers were danced.
with an intermission after the eighth dance,
for supper in the ordinary. The music
was excellent. The toilets of the ladies
were brilliant
The following Is a list of those present:
Messrs. and Medames O. S. Kelly. T. F.
SIcGrew, Jan.. Ixmls Phillips. A. X. Sum-
K-lly and T. M. Gugenhelm; Misses Anna
Black. Bertha Falconer, Slame Cummlngs,
Oella Glove, Ida Barnett, of Bellcfontalne,
Mabel Barnes, of Kansas City. Mary Bab-
Dins. Jiame vv insiovv. Ellen Wilson. Anna
'and Ijinle ItuMuin l.nin .TefT..HM an.,.
Hall. Xora White. Fannie and Alice Foley,
Esther bimp-n. Anna and Mattie Steele,
Eva Carson and Anna Slurpby; Messrs.
Will and Charles Babbitts Ed. Phelps, W.
S Dowrn v. Frank Cohlentt Hnirh l.vle
Sir. Toticey, Hubert Foos. Percy Norton,
Will Donnell, Charles Jefferies, Harry
Wiseman, Will Keifer, Frank Anlbmy.,U.
PreUman, Balph Bartholemew.Lon. Doup,
Hobert Bancroft, Frank Bartholemew and
Fred Ludlow.
The VThirteen" Circle. C. L. S. C, cele
brated Christmas last Monday evenlnr, at
the residence of Judge Dial on east High
street. This organization Is a Chautauaua
I circle, formed for the purpose of pursuing
tne regular unauiauqua course of reading.
Its name does not indicate that its number
is limited to thirteen, but was taken from
the fact of its hav ing thirteen charter mem
bers, and also indicates the disbelief of its
members in one of the popular superstitious
of the day.
The Circle resolved to celebrate Christ
mas in some very appropriate manner, but
lett the details to the committee on pro
gramme for that week Mrs. Bradley,
Mrs. Harrison. Sliss Dial and Mr. Baldwin
SIcGrew. After the regular lesson a sur
prise was in store for the rest of the Circle
in the shape of a banquet, although it bad
been foreshadow ed somewhat by notices to
each member to respond to a toast. Artistic
programmes lay at each one's place at the
table, giving a poetic description of the
men j, followed by the toasts and the names
of those who were to respond to them, to
gether with an appropriate verse after each.
Sir. Baldwin SIcGrew acted as toast-master.
The hit of the evening was the response to
the toast "The Gentlemen," by a lady wb
is too modest to allow her name to go in
print And she savs, too, that she didn't
tell all slut knew about the sterner sex,
either. The verdict of the Circle on the
efforts of the committee in providing this
successful entertainment is voiced by the
last toast on the programme, "The com
mittee, long may she wave."
On Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Cornelius Baker gave a very effective pro
gressive eucher party at their residence on
south Market street The house was pret
tily decorated, and the social features of the
evening and the refreshments all that could
be desired. The guests present were:
Sir. and Sirs. W. A. Scott. Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Kelly, Sir. and Sirs. Charles W.
Constantine, Dr. and Sirs. U. II. Seys, Mr.
and Sirs. Frank Bookwalter, Mr. and Sirs.
Ban. Coleman. Sir. and Mrs. W. U. Ham
ilton. Sir. and Mrs. O. S. Kelly, Sir. and
Sirs. A. Q Chae, Sir. and Mrs.
W. T. Stiilwell. Sir. and Sirs. W.
11. Blee. Sir. and Sirs. Fred Farmer,
Sirs. Richard llaulcv and daughter, Mrs.
Stevenon, of Detroit, Mlcli., Mrs. Conklln
and daughter. Mis- Gussie, Sliss Stauiie
Winslow, Sir. T. J. Primrle. Slessrs. Harry
Wiseman, Hoot, and Will Foos, Edward
Kinnane. Sirs. Barnes and daughter, of
Kansas Cit, Slo Sir. and Mrs. Dr. Blount.
Sir. and Sirs. John II. Thomas. Sir. and
Sirs. A. X. Summers, Mr. and Mrs. WI1IS."
Thomas, Mr. Geo. Frey, Mr. and Sirs. C.
IHker.
The prizes were most unique and elegant
Sirs. Warren Kelly received the first lady's
prize and Sir. Edward Kinnane the first
gentleman's. Sirs. Dr. Blount carried off
the booby prizes.
On Thursday afternoon Sliss Anna Black
charmingly entertained the Young Ladies'
Whist club at her residence, on north Mark
et street, in honor of her friend. Miss Ber
tha Falconer, who is spending the holldajs
at home. It was one of the club's most
pleasant meetings, and the young
ladies Insist that the absence of
bojs, while it is rather "pokey,"
encourages a mental concentration
upon the game not otherwise to be acquired.
The refreshments were very dainty, and
the event was of a more pretentious char-1
acter than was considered when the club
organized.
The young ladles present were: Jlisses
Lulu Jefieries, Anna and Martha Steele,
Ellen Wilson. Mame Ciimniings, Mame
Winslow, Minnie Keser. Anna Hall, Bertha
Falconer, Fannie and Alice holey.
I10I.1DAT BKKVITIES.
Ed March,' of Columbus.
Mr.
city.
Is In the
Mr. Fred Ludlow returns to Cornell Mon
diy. Misses Anna and Jessie Foos are visiting
in Louisville.
Miss Slarie Miller returns Monday to
Blairsville. Pa.
Miss Mamie Seys is the guest of Miss
Eva Kuaqua, at Urbana,
The new dancing club. the Assembly.will
make no recognition of Lent, as an organi
zation. Miss Lizzie Miller is to give a party this
evening at her residence on east High
street
Sliss Ida Barnett, of Urbana, is the
guest of Miis Deilo Grove, of Clifton
street
Sir. A. L. Hoffman, of the Ohio State
university, at Columbus, is the guest of
Sir. Harry Phillips.
Mrs. J. I). Stephenson, of Detroit, who
has been the guest of Mrs. W. H. Blee, re
turned home Friday.
Mr. Joe C. Lowir, of Cincinnati, form
erly a Wittenberg student. Is the guest of
Mr. Bruce Chorpennlng.
Miss Borer, of Dayton, who is the guest
of Miss Harriet Hosterman, returns Mot-
day to ber home In Dayton.
Sir. Frank Phillips is emulating Job In
the region of the back of his neck. He re
turns to his law studies at Cincinnati Tues-
stay.
3tr. Will Keifer. who Is spending the
week at home, returns on Monday to the
law-school which he attends at Cincin
nati
The dinlng-ball of the Buxton mansion,
In Detroit, Is pronounced, by critics, the
finest room in Michigan. Its beauty is of
the massive order.
An east High street young lady electrified
her friends s day or two ago by fondly re
ferring to the eminent actress whoplajed
bars Thursday evening, as "Millie Bhee."
Capt T. J. Kirkpatrick is soon to put a
new furnace in his charming home on south
Limestone street "Cosy Xest" to be fed
by oil. Kirk, keeps abreast with the times.
Miss Mattie Sperry. of Nashville, Tenn.,
who is well known in Springfield from a re
cent visit here, appeared recently with great
success In a brilliantamateurentertalnment
for the benefit of the confederate monu
ment fund. Sliss Sperry was v ery eff ectiv t
In the Grecian tableaux.
NYPANDO ACCIOENT.
Uo Man Kllle.1 and a Number Injurxt.
PltTsBiT.o, Dec 31. A dispatch from
Titusvlllesays: An accident took place at
9:50 this morning on the main line of the
X. V. P. O., about three miles west of
Sleadville, at Tracy's cut, near Geneva,
Pa., between the limited express from Chi
cago and that from Cincinnati to Xew
York and the west bound freight Both
engineers were killed. One passenger was
killed and about fifteen seriously Injured.
The cars were all piled up. It is impossible
to tell how many were Injured. The Pull
man sleepers did not leave the track and
the passengers in them were not Injured.
Luckily the cars did not take fire.
OUR CHISTOPHER.
The Worlit to Celebrata 1IU DUcorery or
the nest Uair of It.
Madrid. Dec 31. The Spanish govern
ment has Invited representatives of the
United States and SpanLsli-Amerlcan re
publics to co-operate In a Christopher Co-
Inmbus celebration, and the proposal has
been heartily adopted. AU the govern
ments of Europe and America and all
geographical and other learned societies of
the world have been Invited to send dele
gates to the tslebration. The festivities
will continue one week. The ceremonies
will include tte unveiling of a monument to
Columbus at Jlulva.
BlUxara at Dubuque.
Dcbuo.ce, Iowa. Dec 31. Another bliz
zard baa been raging here for the past
twenty-four hours. All freight trains ate
abandoned and passenger trains are work
ing along with double engines and
snow-plows, and making very little pro
gress. The mercury is above zero.
AT MINXE-irOLIS.
Minneapolis, Dec. 3L The blizzard
which set in yesterday morning Is still
raging, and Is expected to continue until
tonight The snowfall, although continu
ous. Is light, but has drifted badly, the
wind being strong. About nine inches his
fallen. Trains on all roads throughout tte
north and west are more or less delayed.
Freight trains on the Xorthern Pacific, be
tween Minneapolis and Bismarck, have
been abandoned.
The Weather at Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 31. The blizzard that
howled in this city yesterday afternoon
drove almost everybody off the streets and
nearly blockaded traffic throughout the city.
The mails are nearly all behind, from four
to five hours. The streets were deserted at
10 o'clock. Atthst hour the Intensity of
the storm was almost unprecedented, in
this locality. The wind shifted Into the east,
and was blowing at the rata of thirty miles
an hour.
Splendid Church Burned.
MlLWACKtE. Dec 31. Immanuel Pres
bjterian church, one of the finest sacred
edifices lu this city, was totally destroved
by fire this morning. I-oss. 100,000: in
surance, 585,000.
A S)500 Fire at Oaborn.
The grocery store of Sir. George Eavey,
on Kallroad street Osborn, was discovered
1 1 be on lire at an early hour Friday moming
by some railroad men who were on a train.
The alarm was given, and the bucket brig
ade turned out In force men, women and
children and the fire, which was in a block
of frame buildings, was extinguished after
it had done about S500 worth of damage.
It caught near the stove, and had ignited
about one ton of rags in the cellar. The
fire company deserves great praise for its
work.
llanlun'a Vaotaaiua.
Mr. Ben Stem, representing n anion's
"Fantasma," which Is to be produced at the
Grand next Friday aud Saturday evenings,
with a Saturday matinee, is in the city to
day. "Fantasma" may be depended upon
to be one of the bnest productions of the
season. It has been entirely remodeled
since it was given here last season and Is
finer and more wonderful than ever. Et-
cursloa trains will be run on all the roads
leading into the city, for the benefit of those
who desire to attend the Saturday matinee.
Messrs. Fred Kendall, Fred Monger, John
Sanderson and Joseph Doty left, via the
Pan Handle, this morning, for Chicago.
Jus
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ONE NEW YEAR'S EVE.
Oabrioltt" Tells a
Passion, and a
Bnined
Story of Human
Wrecked and
Life.
Verrj 4Ni)riiinn nml Ilmr He Sold lit
Urnrt mitl oul to n liXiullful Yfn-
iii ftn Keui-iUsTf. lu Drntli
nt I-Jt.
One Xew Year's eve.
The old year was dv ing in a shroud of
snow, which fell like a mantle of the grave
and wrapped the dead December In the
same spotless robe that enveloped the new-
born January. The grave and the cradle
In the same purerobeof while vvegown the
lov ed ones as e prepare them for either.
The old j ear was dj ing and carrvlng to the
grave which we call eternity, its treasures
of joy and pain and experience. A midnight
symphony of bells sounded. It vv as the knell
of the dead ear the cradle-song tf the
new. The triumphal race of the new
torn child of time was heralded by the
brazen chorus of a million clocks, and the
triumph song or its nativity was the dirge
which sang into the grave of the past, the
pallid face of lbsT. The new year swept
over the earth from zone to zone, striking
with mighty lingers the strings of time
on the Instrument of life. I he
new j ear sw pt from east to west
as the oib of earth fled round its
course In the cold of spice. Bound
the entire ciicniiiference of the dark little
planet we call earth, the Xew Year pur
sued the Heeing death-head cf the old.
The lat meridian vva raued at last the
old year, hounded from Hie earth, took
refuge. in Might toother stars. Young '33,
like a boy lover, hung round the night-
bound planet, and wooed ft by smiles and
flie sweet, passionate optimism of promise
until in another hour the dawn would smile
in the east and the primrose of day shoot
its first gleam acro-s a slumbering hemi
sphere. A great city is still asleep. The torches
of night gleam far down the streets
in parallel rows, like blooming
tlowers of the nizht At intervals thesteely
gleams of the vjctnc lights sway and
swing over this fry z'erc thoroughfare, casting
great dancing gliomes of shape upon the
bosom of the snow Footfalls are deadened.
Outline alone ssisiile. and every figure Is
.hrovvu in sharp silhouette against the snow.
A man steps softly along tlm pavement
with the quick, noiseless, cat-like move
ment w hieh betokens a constant watchful
ness a iierpetual secretiveness. He is a
oung man- the pictures of pain and sorrow-
which time and life have painted
on his face cannot conceal his vouth.
His body is voung and strong, and
full of the ten-e wire of early manhood.
His heart and brain are feeble with age.
His limbs are full of the unconscious and
unavoidable lire of youth, but his soul is
weary and time-sick. He Is a criminal a
man who desecrates the nigh: with crime
who enters houses and plunders the owners
of their goods. He does not stop at blood
shed and the interposition ot human life
does not deter him from his end. He takes
life at the peril of his own. He laughs at
death and It liees from him. He
throws pell-mell in the spectacular
munitlcnco that the world calls
charity, the proceeds of his nights of crime.
Ue robs to rob his brain of memory. He
steals to steal forgetfulness. He kills t
kill the specters of the past He lives on
because thathurrible. pale, mysterious vir
gin. Death, w 111 not be w ooeii: and HeTtrr
not win her by that bloody coquetry of
cowards Self-de-tructlon.
The man pauses and leans against a tree
bending low with its wintrjCfrult of ice
and snow. He relinguishes himself a mo
ment to forgetfulness. XUht and winter
melt into day and summer. The icy chill
of the air is swept away by the balm and
fragrance of the harvest season. The man
groans and dreams.
It is the sweet somno'ence of summer.
That superb caterer, the sun, and bis aids.
the flowers, have set In the air a banquet
of odors. Perry Norman sw inss his scythe
in the harvest field and cuts his pathway in
the sw a ing grain. The air is full of the
symphony of summer and his manhood and
strength and moral purity laugh aloud In
answer to the smile of nature. Across the
field there sweeps the smell of roses
from a garden near by and
his sevthe falls Into unconscious
rhythm witli the tinkling of a piano that
floats from the substantial farm-house a
stoneVthrovv aw ay. Presently, to the mel
ody of the instrument is added the swett
tones of a woman's voices a tlute-llke voice
that speaks of soul and passion or, per
haps, passion and souL Perry orman
pauses to listen and the sevthe trembles in
his hands. His eyes grow large and take a
far-away look, which In the past week has
become habitual to them. The brown on
his cheeks, wheiethu sun and wind of a
farmer's wnrk-a-day life have set theirseal.
takes on a mice of red. He re "overs, sighs
and goes on with his weary task of cutting
the billowing grain.
Perry Xormau is an orphan and for years
past had made his home with an uncle and
aunt. Ills life had been simple, unexciting,
peaceful. lie united to a moderate educa
tion a natural vigor of mind and
an inventive quickness of perception, that
refined his feelings ami added, in a rational.
reasonable way, a degree of tension to his
strongly strung disposition. He was capa
ble of Intense sutfering and mighty love.
but as vet no hand had sounded the dept'is
of bis nature and lie knew nothing of them
himself. For the present, he is a vigorous
young farmer handioiue. full of life and
virility, and engaged to be married to Slin-
nle Westwood little Minnie, gentle, gold
haired, narrow -minded, but lovable. They
bad been very happy together.
A month ago Ilortense Vale had come
down from the city to spend the summer
with Xorman's aunt
tier's was a dark, passionate, storm-cloud
beauty, which would have repelled most
men. by the savor of masculinity, were it
not for the manufactured graces with which
she softened, lightened and effeminated it
Her manners were the result of a svstem.
Her artlessness was the exquisite
refinement of art. Her candor
was the strained e-censo of concealment.
Becognizing that self-cousciousness is al
wavs a blur to perfect manners, she had
cultivated the other extreme, while in her
heart she was the mad egotist that one
might expect from a woman whose Deity Is
society and who-e confessional is the mir
ror. She had a trick of leaning gently to
ward one when she spoke, and of pleading
w lth her ej es for one's gracious acceptance
of what she was sajiug. She manifested
an interest in one's remarks by constant,
half inaudible and gentle murmurs of as
sent, which drove the average man mad
with egoti-m and inadehlm wonder why he
had faffed to di-cover his own brilliancy
until he met Horten-e. She was nut a
wicked woman, but shejwas a carele-s, cal
loused flirt, sick of life, but finding still
some passing pleasure in fresh conquest
She w as a dangerous woman to strangers,
and in her own set, was known, understood
and slightly rxic. She was tall
and stately, and on occasion couid be
"Faultily faultless. Icily regular,
splendidly null."
Perry Xorman swings his cradle with a
regular, effective movement iu the glad
July sun. His mmd is absent, but his mus
cle is not, and the wheat goes down before
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s.j'iif
his stroke in plsturesque dismay. Present
ly he Is aware that a figure is at the gate
of the rose garden. He does not look
around at first, but he loosens one hand from
the cradle and presses it to his heart with
a dull mechanical motion, to quell the sharp
physical pain there. Then he looks around
and bares bis chestnut curls to Ilortense,
who lazily and gracefully bows to him. She
is looking like a Greek goddess. In a cling
ing roba of white that softens and empha
sizes every superb curve of her stately form.
A wide hats protects her complexion from
the sun, andaclusterof passicnaterel roses
rise and fall upon her bosom, blushing
deeply at the splendid privilege ot such a
resting place. She is a beautiful, danger
ous animal, but to Perry she Is the Incarna
tion of all that is divine In the sex which Is
nearest the angels.
she beckons for Perry to come, and he
throws down his cradle with an Inward
pang and goes to her. She welcomes him
with a rare sudden smile and a display of
her glorious teeth.
"Come with me to the house," she says,
"you are tired and the day is abominable."
"It is not noon," he replies, uttering a
cold common-place to cool the passlonute
words that burn madly on his tongue.
"But I I want you to come." savs Ilor
tense, leaning gently toward him, till her
sweet breath Is felt upon his cheek. "I
want to talk to you. It is so dull you
wish me to have a pleasant time, do you
not?"
The boy says ''yes." and almost adds,
"If it were my life which could give you a
moment of it"
They walk slowly up through the rose-
garden. There Is a curious contrast be
tween them. She dark, deliberate, stately
as a queen, and with perfect repose of
manner. He with closely curling
blonds hair like a Greek god.
and a suppressed excitement of
manner that was painful. The beauty sees
it and allows her ej e-llds to droop a mo
ment for a perfect enjoyment ot the fierce
joy or conquest
"Give me a rose." he asks trokenly.
"Take one of these," she says,snd points
to the cluster that lies upon her bosom. Hs
selects one, and the close proximity of ber
glowing body thrills him, as his hand, while
he disengages the rose, rises and
falls with her breathing. Then the old
pain in its heart returns, and he sighs.

Xight in the rose garden. The air Is
fragrant and heavy with the passionate
scent of sleeping flowers. The moon rides
overhead and clothes twa figures In silver.
"What was it you sang today?" he asks.
"An old song I learned when I was a
young girl," Uortense answers. "Do you
like it?"
"It was exquisite. To whom were you
singing It?"
"To you," she says, siaipiy, and looks at
him with her glorious eves, as she pulls a
rose to pieces.
"It was a love song." he says, hoarsely.
She nods a pretty assent
"And did you mean It?" with almost a
sob In his voice.
The woman practices movemeat that
she has rehearsed with the mirror. She
looks down and clasps and uuclasps her
hands nervously.
"You did not think me insincere." she
says, with a tearful not of protection in her
voice.
The next Instant he is straining her unra-
buked to his bosom. She stifles a yawn over
nis snouiaer-ana smile with bitter triumoh
as she teels the frightful tumult of his heart.
A pale little face, crowned by a mass of
golden hair. Is suddenly withdrawn from
behind a neighboring lattice, and a cry of
horror almost escapes the mute lips. Win
nie tv est wood nas seen all, and prays on
her bed throughout that long, awful night
to die.
.Two days later, and a train riukes nast a
remote portion ot tho firm. Perry
orman, with dry. Irathm, tmi-
ntied eyes, watches for It and
dreads it Finally it comes, and the valley
palpitates with the clamor. As It flashes
by, a handkerchief is languidly waved at
him from the window of the palace coach,
and he catches a glimpse ot two wondrous
eyes that have been raised Indifferently a
moment from her book.
"Poor, boy," ssys Ilortense, as shehunts
her lost place on the page, "he seemed
really to mind when I confessed that I had
been only amusing myself with him."
Only the flash of a handkerchief and
with It she went out of his life. He
watched the train until the amok slept on
the horizon and then fell on the ground
and sobbed and begged for death,
He married Minnie Westwood and found
he loathed her by contrast with Ilortense.
One day he struck her down and fled to the
city. That night be was baptized to priest-
nooa in crime.
Of Ilortense, he knew nothing. He
sought her for a year. Then he beard that
she had married a name and an establish
ment, and his pride came to his rescue and
be plunged deeper into crime. Ue had
given the woman bis lite, net only, but his
soul.
A door opened and a flash of light swept
out or a stately residence. There floated
out the passionate odor of dying flowers
and the tinkle of a piano. The man on the
pavement heard and smelted and It roustd
him with a shock. Ue had been dreaming
against the tree.
"I must hasten," said Perry Xorman. the
burglar, "it Is the next house, I think,
That casket of jewels which I shall get
will make many a poor heart glad tomor
row."
Burglary was his business, and he was an
artist In another Instant he was in a richly
rurnisned room, but it was dark and stifling.
An unaccountable dread seized the crimi
nal a weakness that strummed cruelly upon
his nerves. Ue groped around a moment
and flashed his lantern In front It fell
upon a white face, and a horrible some
thing that was long and dark aqd dreadful.
At tats Instant his lantern went out
Ue groped forward and his hands touched
the cold, dead face of a woman. He passed
his hands lightly over it, and aged a cen
tury In that second.
"It is ilortense." he said, but did net
knew his own voice.
He pressed his face to the dead one and
the sleeping attendant when be awoke in
half an hour t find the gray dawn peeping
in and the lamps out, in thedeath chamber.
found that death had established two
thrones instead of one, Cahuioi.f.t.
A Bad Fall.
Mr. Michael Leffel. residing out on the
Yellow Springs pike, sustained a bad fall
on Market street at noon today. U is feet
got the start of him and his bead struck
the sidewalk first A gash nearly three
inches long was cut In the back ot his head.
Dr. Bussell sewed up the wound.
Christmas Sunday school Kxarrlte.
Tomorrow (Sunday) evening, January
1st, will be held at Christ Episcopal church,
at 7:30 p. m., the Christmas Sunday school
serv Ice. The service is always v ery enjoy
able to all, and especial attention has been
paid tliis year In drilling the children for
the musical part ot the service.
Petit Larceny.
Peter Elb and Patsey Cooney were ar
rested today on the charge ot stealing bones
and old iron from A. Simon.of Scott street
Cooney claims that he was sent by Elk to
to steal the stuff, but did not succeed. Eib
was held In the snm ot S50, while Cooney
was released on nis own recognizance.
Bancroft, the hatter, will doss at
Monday for a half holiday.
noon
'yi$n?iiitiii,f to, hft!,tfn t ti
GREAT REDUCTIONS
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CLOAKS!
DRESS GOODS!
-a-RGrAISrS XZsT
UN DER WEAR
THIS WEEK, AT
MURPHY &BR0.
SATURDAY, DEC. 31st, 1887.
Many of the ladies who, on
past Bargain Days, have se
cured some of the great drives
we have offered, will, no
doubt, be pleased to learn
that it is our intention to be
gin the New Year with twt
Special Bargain Days every
week, instead of one as here
tofore. We have found it im
possible in every instance to
wait on all the people who
come to those Friday sales,
and to remedy this as far as
possible we intend to make
every Tuesday and every Fri
day Special Bargain Days.
As in the past, so in the future,
we will give notice the night
before just what those bar
gains will be, and need we say
that you will not be misled by
those advertisements? We
will publish FACTS, which it
will be to the advantage of
every lady in Springfield to
believe.
Watch Monday's paper and
Thursday's paper every week
for bargains, and come in the
forenoon if you can.
Thanking you all lor past
favor, and wishing you a
HjappyNew Year, we are
Your obedient servants,
U A5D M SOUTH LIXEMT0XB.
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