THE MOETHWEST, ILLINOIS. An mtcrcsbng trial took place in the St. Glair «omtr Circait Court recently, being that ot Bon- Mississippi Eailroad Company. R-om the evidence, it appeared that, in 1870, a rtuia. about 3 or i years old, son of Mrs. Benton, on Jeremiah Bennett’s farm, in the northern part of St. Clair County, vvas run over 7 a train of cars on the above road, in conse qSCa^.°f w blch botb of the child’s feet were cut •on. Too trial •was bad by jury, who rendered a verdict of 51,(00 damages against the company. The Sliawneetown Mercury records the death, in that county, on the 4th inst,, of Mr. John Cren shaw, aged 75 years, This venerable man-was a pioneer in the settlement of Illinois, he bavin" come here among its llrst settlers, before the Ter ritorial organization of the present State. Fora long time be was a leading and influential man in political aflairs. He -was potential in all the southern parts of the State, ■which then had a con trolling power. Ho was a man of great strength ©r mind, of great energy, and of personal integ rity. Ho raised a largo family of sons and -daughters, and his descendants, even great grand children, may be found in all parts of Illinois, numerous relatives by marriage in this man namDa Samuel Dyson, -n-as aath at; Champaign, by three negroes, ts haTe l)e Issued for tho arrest of his murderers. F.M. Lane, who was arrested on the charge of being connected with tho murder of Mrs. Hudson, in McLean County, has been discharged. _ I v r brewer, a brakesman on the Illinois Central Railroad, was accidently killed at UUiu station, last Friday. —Mrs. Moritz Storch was burned to death at roetviile, Logan County, last week. She at tempted to extinguish a lamp by blowing down •the chimney, and an explosion followed. a shooting affair occurred at Sargents' Bluff on wednesday last, between David Barton =and William J. Miller, resulting in Miller’s death. The cause is supposed to bo criminal intimacy between Miller and Barton’s wife. —Mr. John McCoy, of Chariton, fell bet ween the wheels of a wagon, recently, the hind wheel passing over his chest, and was instantly killed. —A new paper will soon be started in McGreg or, by Frank M.Haisiet, under tbe name of The Progressive Age. —The Rov, Mr. Judd, the new rector of Trinity parish, lowa City, has suffered a severe loss in the burning of all of hia household furniture, library, juano, and cabinet, which were in transit on the Barrington Hoad, just north of West Lib erty*. His cabinet was especially rich in geology, and its loss is irreparable. —The trial of the Watsons, charged with the murder of Mr. McCary, near Summerset, last winter, was held in Trenton several days ago. The jury found yonng Watson guilty of murder in the llrst degree. The trial of the old man was put off until the next term of the Grundy County Court —The new State Capitol will bo 3GO feet north and south, and 214 feet wide; the height of centre and wings, 04 feet to the top of the cornice, and the rest So feet. The last General Assembly appropriated $150,000, and of this $120,000 has been spent. —The Davenport Democrat states that the citi zens of that place have lost SIOO,OOO cash by mak ing unprofitable investments in insurance com -3 unics. —The Steamboat Rock Keics says; “At the Teachers’ Institute only three out of sixty-seven teachers were able to spell the following words right: Parallel, marvellous, medicine, millinery, tranquillity, moccasin, metre, massacre, forget thtbenefiting, traveller, shipped, worshipped, cinnamon, circingle, presbytery, plaid, hare-lip.” —Burlington and Davenport are quarrelling ever the respective amounts contributed by them tc the Chicago Relief Fund. WISCONSIN*. The Kenosha Telegraph says a company has formed for the purpose of furnishing that city with gas. m bet you a hundred dollars 111 stick to it,” was the remark a recent convert made when he was relating his experience in a revival meeting In Beaver Dam the other evening. —The Prairie du Chien Union says the new rail road bridge across the Mississippi at that place was completed last Friday, and trains are now making their regnlar trips thereon. Tho bridge is one mile and three fourths in length, and is supported by 1.033 huge pilings, averaging 30 feet an length. There were 9,590 feet of capping used, 12x12,14 feet long, and ic,410 feet of stringers, 12x 14,24 feet long. —The trial of Mrs. Schmidt, for the murder of ber husband, Frederick J. C. Schmidt, will take place at Racine next week. It will be remem* In-red that she is accused of having caused the death of her husband by stabbing him with a carvi ng-hnife, early last spring. The 'Wautoma Argus learns that on Thurs day last a train was thrown from the track, on the Princeton extension of the Sheboygan Pond du Lac Railroad, near that Tillage, demol ishing the locomotive and tender, and killing Sir. John Doe and seriously injuring his wife. It seems that at the point of the accident is a deep cut, through which the railroad and wagon road pass. Mr. Doe, wife, and two children, were pass ing this point with a pair of horses and sleigh, all unconscious of danger, when the express came .along and collided with them, with the results as stated. INDIANA. On Wednesday morning last, Mrs. Denklc, a lady living near Edwardsville,•walked, from Hart lord, Crawford County, to Georgetown, a distance of twenty-six miles, in about five hours. The colored Methodist Episcopal Church near Jeffersonville was burned last Thursday night. The lire is supposed to have been tho work of an incendiary. —The Gibson County Court House caught fire last Tuesday, but beyond burning out the Treas urer's and Auditor's ollice the flames did no dam- —A man named Joseph Hacgenteither was tail ed by the cars at Fort Wayne on the 10th inst. —Captain James C. Bentley, for many years a Steamboat pilot and Captain on the Ohio and Mls •sjss:x>pi Hirers, died at Louisville, Ky., on the sth inst. His body was taken to New Albany for burial. —Lawrence G. Lawler, a compositor in the of fice of the Clark County JJcnioiraf. a few days since, commenced at 1 o’clock and set 21,000 ems in twenty-four consecutive hours. —William McDonald, who lived about a half mile from Petersburg, Pike Comity, died sudden lv last Saturday, from rupture of the aorta. Mr. McDonald was a soldier of the late war. He served in the Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteers. He is said to have piloted the first boat that ran the blockade at Vicksburg. —Carter Eros.’ steam cooper shop at Fort Wayne, Lemon’s brass foundry at New Albany, aud the entire cast side of tho public square at Hockvillc, were burned ou the night of the Oth inst. —Ninety witnesses have been subprenaed to appear before the grand jury of the Criminal ourt at Charlestown, to testify in the recent Ivuchlng of the negroes. It is stated that tho in •vest:nations of the jury of the Park tragedy and the lynching will cost the county $1,250. Drs. W. N. McCoy, Ferguson, and Wisener performed an operation ou Helen, youngest daughter of the late Cyrus M. Park, on Tuesday, relieving the brain by removing that part of the skull pressing on the same. Dr. McCoy minks sho will recover entirely, and reports Helen doing welL She can walk around the house and converse freely. MICHIGAN. •General George Spaulding, recently appointed Treasury Agent at Detroit, -was married at Mon roe, on* the cth inst., to Miss Augusta Lewis, daughter of Mr. Isaac Lewie, one of the loading merchants of the latter place. -Marshall has been the scene of a law suit m the Circuit, growing out of the breaking of a pipe. A Mr. Baker was smoking a pipe upon the camp meeting grounds, near Albion. Tbe Dev. D. D. Gillott, then presiding elder, knocked it out of his mouth, after requesting him to put it out, and being refused. Baker sued for the value of the pipe. The Justice gave him judgment, and Mr. Gillc-tt appealed. The case has been onco tried, and the jury failed to agree, but this time they found a verdict for Baker, and assessed his dam ages at yh coils, with a right smart hill of costs. There is some talk of taking it to the Supreme Court upon some questions arising on the trial. —A lumberman at Manistee, named Ernest Llechc, while on his way home from tho mill, on the night of tho cth, was attacked by three men, Slabbed, and robbed of v;w. j t s cxr.cclcd bo will not recover. -The smaU-pox has created a ranic at Way land. -A woman named Lessing, at Adrian, has been lined 6100 lor brutally whii.pin;; aad maltreatin'- her niece, an orphan, 11 years of age. -Prof. Morris, of Michigan University, is trans lating Ulbcrwcg’s History of Phiio.sophv -Jonathan P. Thompson, of Graml Ranid* has been elected President of tho Stale homological Society. —Mrs. Nathaniel Etheridge, or IMrshallville J.ivingstcn County, aged 75. -was roasted alive by la r clothes taking lire from lUe cooking stove on Tuesday of laet week. —l'y the burning of the residence of j. n. tuts, of Grand Rapids, paintings valued at over >mxoo were destroyed. They were insured for Sio.ooo. —A Grand Rapids lady has brought suit against a saloon keeper for selling liquor to her husband. It 1-the tirst case of the kind in that city, and excites interest. MUTKESOTA. Atie i.eu ing Hejntblican of the Cth instant «ays; -Allen Dorset died suddenly at Maiden •m K. iin i niay morning last, from the rupture of '•cut vc;-el. He had been married but two days, and awakened at about 2 o’clock In the morning, dying in about an hour afterward. Mr. Dorset was formerly a resident of Bed Wing, a brother of the former Episcopal clergyman of this city, and was, wo believe, teaching school at Maiden Bock. The clergyman is now in Chicago, and the newly finished church structure of which he was the pastor was burned in the late firs, be sides the residences of every member of his flock.” —On Thanksgiving Day, Herbert Farrar, a son of Mrs. Abbey, living in Belgrade, Blue Earth County, was accidentally drowned by fall ing into a small well, or spring hole, where he is supposed to have gone to water some stock. KANSAS. A letter to the Atchison Champion, written by C. J. Aldnch, member of tbo Legislature from ■Washington County, says there hare been built between thirty and forty new school houses in Washington and Bepubiic Counties this sea son, at an average cost of S3OO each, and one hundred miles of railroad has been located, for which Bepubiic County pays SIOO,OOO, Wash ington County $200,000, and Washington Town, $20,000. —The Blue Bapids Times says Mr. Gaston, residing near town, last spring thought he would experiment on his sod ground withafowpeanuts. He procured half a pound at the store and plant ed them. Tliis fall ho drew up the vinos and shook from them a bushel and a peck of peanuts, as fine as can be grown anywhere." —About ten days since a patient, who had been taken to the State asylum, during tho night, whilein bed, contrived to eat about one-third of tho blanket that covered him. For several days portiOES of it were discharged from his bowels, but inflammation ensued aud he has since died. MISSOURI. Josiah Griffith, of Vernon County, was shot and Instantly killed, a few days ago, under tho fol ing circumstances; He was watching for deer in a corn-fleld, and two young men, named Batts and Hcyworth, were in the field on tho same errand. Hearing a noise, the young men both fired, instantly killing Mr. Griffith. —The Eev. S. C. Thrall, D. D., of Haverhill. Massachusetts, has accepted a call from tho Cal vary Parish, in Scdalia, and will enter upou his duties next Sabbath. —Tlie slaughter house of Kirkpatrick James, at St. Charles, -was destroyed by lire on the Ith inst. —Livingston County is expecting the location there of a Lutheran colony from Ohio. —John Brill, a servant at the executive mansion during Governor Fletcher’s term, was kicked by a.horse and killed, last Saturday. TUE FAK WEST, TheYreka (Cal.) Union of November 18 says, that the water of the upper lake in Surprise valley has the property of removing from clothing all grease, pitch, or dirt of whatever kind, without the application of soap or any washing material. —The San Francisco Chronicle which has been on trial for libelling Edward W. Casey, In connec tion with the purchase and sale of governmental positions at the Mare Island Navy-yard, was de clared not guilty by the jury on the 30th ult. RAILROADS. The iron is all laid between Grand Rapids and Holland, Mich., and in a few days trains will be running by this route from Grand Rapids to Chi cago. It becomes a branch of the Chicago Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, under the control of the Michigan Central, with headquarters at St. Joseph. —The Toledo, Ann Arbor Northern Railroad is now in good condition. The 10 per cent of the stock subscribed ($250,000) is being cheerfully paid. —An arrangement has been perfected with the Michigan Southern Railroad Company whereby through trains from the Saginaw Valley to Toledo and other points south will be allowed to pass without change, leaving the Holly, Wayne rUfi. teacher Su Model Department. (TO “Jw 0 u,,lt tllo salary of Mr. Shurtloff ifroil-rt V m iV* u, f tbreo Indies; in the aj-gregato, Total, 55,000. ar.i(laateiijn!afi.n luat nT° r salaries ia order to l!ast inonii, Pni'lis C> B in 18T1|. Fi?Krv “Sre liT 'y;-™ audited l.y tiie Board of ,-ui-t.rt tois, and i.aul, the following amoimls, a. eiewn by the books of the*' County Clerk, “on account of the Normal School at Englewood:” Printing. 782.43 Engraving, brushes, furniture. «6c cu.iis N. W, M. Co., coal, iron work. «£c 3,377.77 Gravel, grabbing, sodding, bedding, plants, «tc. C 17.20 Total paW In November, 1871 -$3,421.81 In September, 1871, there rras-paid for earpen ter w0rk..... 803.05 In September, IS7I, there was paid for laying walks i 45i 94 What the bills in December would be mav bo judged from the amount paid In December, 1870, wliicbwas 3 87017 Total for three months jd c**i q 7 Exclusive of salaries, the sum of £2,721.51 ]>a« also beeupaidin April, 1*71; and partial items of January, March, June, and July, 1871, in the aggregate amounted to .$3,7 Wo.> All exclusive of salaries, and after completion of building. The above figures will give a fair estimate of what the expenses of the Cook Coun ty Normal School, at Englewood, would be iu twelve mouths. TJieii add salaries, and interest on cost of building ($ioo.ono), and wo have the cost of graduating pupils. Fifty-five have graduated in four years: average, fourteen per annum. The city Normal School is located in one of the public schools, andoccnpies about one-tif th of it, a High School class, one! eight divisions of primary pupils, using the other'four-fifths; so that, for the Normal, wo have only the expense of teachers, which does not exceed $2,500, to wit: Salary of Principal and teachers now employed, sf,s£o; who, with the senior normal classes, teach three divisions of the primary pupils in the build ing, thereby saving the salaries of three primary teachers, ($2,100;) net expense, $2,450. The Cook County Normal School,at Englewood, is of no more use to Chicago than the fifth wheel to a wagon. It was conceived in fraud and brought forth iu iniquity,as shown by the price of lots and “cat-skin furs at the time of location aud build ing. Yet Chicago pays nine-tenths of the expen ditures, and has the high privilege,wot only of edu cating tho children outside of the city. In the county, hut also from other parts of the Slate, and from other States. In the name of tho tax-payers of Chicago, is it not time that this should cease 1 John C. kicuuero. Chicago, Dee. n, 1871. Fire-Proof Window Defence* To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune Sm: Those who witnessed the conflagration as it swept through our business blocks that Sunday night, and’ those who have carefully examined the ruins still standing, will agree with me that tho majority of our best buildings caught fire through tho windows—the glass breaking, oven when covered by iron shutters, thus giving the flames full play on tho wood-work and other i inflamablo material within. Much has been written about the comparative merits of brick and corrugated iron arches for floors, but this is secondary to the mode of treatment to be adopted in the construction of the window openings of our line blocks in tho future. If tho proper treatment can bo arrived at, and tbo cor nice and roof made fire-proof, it matters not, so far as fire is concerned, whether wo spend for tunes on iron joists and arches, or have wood floors or joists. Tho rebuilding of tbo burned district will undoubtedly develop two different systems of construction, founded ou the two risks of destruction Irom exterior and interior causes. Tho class of owners fearing interior destruc tion will lavish their money on iron joists, and arches, and stone floors, and go on constructing window-openings as usual. The othcrclass, fear ing only destruction f- om exterior sources, will he content with wood Joists, floors, aud casings, but will be very particular as to tho constructiou of the roof, cornice, and window-openings. This latter class, in view of our recent experience, arc much the wisest. People contained in the flist-class have been satisfied with sheet-iron shutters, loosely hung, for back windows, and nicely-framed iron shutters for front windows,— hanging them on wooden casings, as was tho case in our fire-proof Recorder’s office. The lire from tho old tinder-box between the two wings had simply to break the glass and burn away the wood on which the ironshutters wore hung, when they fell, and gave full passage for the flames. What short-sighted folly. Now, granted that our galvanized iron cornices, if riveted together, not soldered, answer very well, and tnat our roofers can get up a fire-proof roof, we have simply to guard our windows and doorways, and wo are virtually fire-proof. The objection to inside iron shutters has been their eumbersomenesa and in convenience and to outside shutters, that thev arc unsightly and cover up decoration. This rea son alone would bo sufficient to prejudice every architect' against outside shutters. A compro mise must evidently he made, and we have it em bodied in the rolling Venetian slat-blind, formerly used extensively on Lake street. Men got tired of raising and lowering before each window every day, because it took too long. Tho crank and cog-wheel apparatus were defective. Ma chinery should and can be made to raise and low er such a blind as quickly and easily as a common window-shade. Now, the system of treatment for win dow-openings I wish to suggest, is as follows; Perfect the old robing blind by making it a trifle lighter, tbo slats narrower, and so jointed as to make as near ly an air-tight defence as possible. In cases where tho arch is single and forms the outside jamb of the frame, it should bo recessed suffi ciently to allow the furrow for tho blind, which should be two inches from the outside moulding of the frame. This will not permit tho uso of the tlirec-inch veneer stone. In most cases of window decoration two arches will bo thrown over the opening, when the blind will bo Intro- duced between them without inconvenience—only au inch opening between the two stones being ob servable when the blind is up; when down, the inner nrch is hid. Those of your read ers who have seen tho jewelry store of Ball i Black, on Broadway, New York, when closed on Sunday, will appreciate the superiority of this mode of window defence over any other. It is neither unsightly, nor does it interfere with architectural display. Only add a simple mechan ism to control the blind at ease, aud we have per fected this portion of the system. The next step is to construct thooutermoiUdingof tho window frame—which is usually round—of gas-pipe of the proper size for the opening, which will betaken lor wood when properly painted. Drill very small holes every three niches, not on tho front sldc-gof the pipe, but about a third of the way around—theTioles being a little larger at the top of the window. You have now only to connect these pipes at the. top of each window, with a reservoir on tho top floor, or with the force-pump in tho basement, and one turn of tbe faucet will send tho water to every window in the building, and spirt it out iu these minute jets against tbe iron shutter, which, if overheated, will convert it into steam. We will thus have all the space between the glass and tho blind soon flllcd with steam, which is as good a flre-extiuguisher as one could desire. This sys tem will save its cost simplj* in tire protection of the massive and enormously expensive sheets of plate glass, hitherto left nightly exposed, not only to lire but every other kind of accident and mis chief. If this system is correct, lam surely war ranted iu the further statement tliat. In case of in terior fire, the closed blinds will be kept suffi ciently cool to preventtbe spread of tho fire to adjoining buildings. I>. W. S. CHICAGO, Dec. 11, 1871. Protection Against Fire. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: gin: Whatever may bo said about “fire lim its,” we must have something besides to guard us against lire. We must bo prepared to extinguish lire in tho beginning, whether bursting out In a brick, stone, or frame house. What we need is a fire engine to crcrg house. Well, sir, we can have it at once, at small cost. Let us have an ordinance passed forcing every house-owner to have a water-plug, such as have heretofore been used for sprinkling purposes, made in his house, and a common garden hose attached to it, of a length la proportion to tho dimensions of each house. In large business buildings, there might be two or more. The hose ought to be left screwed on tho ping all the lime. As soon as afire broke out, too occupant of tho burning house would have recourse to his hose, and all the neighbors would, at the same time, have such recourse, and bo ready with their own hose, and there would boat onco a dozen or two of streams working to extinguish tho fire. And I venture to say that each stream from even such small hose would be of greater service than a steam fire engine’s stream, delivered, as it can not be otherwise, after the lapse of longer lime. But this would not be tho only merit of my plan. What is worth just as much, or even more, is, that the inhabitantsof Chicago, would, by such a system, become aware of their duty to assist in extinguishing lire; they would get accustomed to it, and a spontaneous organization of good citizens would then always be ready to help. Of what service such an organization is, I have often witnessed in the smaller cities of Germany, where every house-holder is bound to a ea U^‘ r fife-bucket in good repair, which, at I lie first fire-alarm, he has to bring or to send to the p!acc of fire, where it is his duty or that of the man he Las to send, to fall In ranks with the others, forming a double file to the nearest place where water may bo got. There at onco the buckets with water fly up on one side to tho place of lire, and on the other side the emptied buckets go each to the plate of water. With such poor help, the lire is generally extinguished be fore it can reach large dimensions, because as sistance is rendered immediately. Now, if the Chicagoans would only get onco ac customed only to render their services, wo would never see such demoralization, such a panic again, as on the 9th of October as soon as tho Water Works were gone. With the millions of pails 10 bo had in Chicago, citizens would filo rank to andfrom the river, or tho lake, or tho cis terns, which Mr. Mcdill, in his message, speaks of, and work in tho absence of lire engines, or in co-operation with them. It is not generally known although a fact, that, even during the last dread ful conflagration, houses at different points were saved by a few men with tho belli of a few pails of water. In some instances, holes wore du ,r and water found at five to six feet depth, and,'with such water and a few pails, houses were saved as well as the neighborhood behind them. Of course wc need lire engines, hut citizens should not de pend on them alone. Whoever has witnessed a firo well knows what the immediate assistance of citizens is worth. Special attention Should bO paid to our hook and ladder companies. Wc need a company or detachment of which might servo as corps to or ganize the citizens at the place of the lire. I will not now enter upon the pioneer question, but hope that my remarks in that respect will bring out men of experience to give us a good plan. All I want to say yet is, let us have a Are engine to each and every house, ana the reduction of in surance rates will cover the cost. Yours, re spectfully, William Escul.nbukg, Chicago, Dec. 0. The Water Supply. To the Editor of The Chicago Tnbuiil! Sm; 1 have read with interest the plan pre sented by our excellent new Mayor for furnish ing water in case of Arc. I make hold to present the following for consideration: It has hecn a wonder to me that, with our river in three branches, embracing all parts of onr city, and the lake along tho North and South Sides, we should have been dependent only on our little waterworks; and when that failed, were unable to use, to any considerable extent, the wa ter of the river or lake. Would not the following plan answer better than any yet suggested: Let water-mains bo laid, commencing, say, two feet below the surface of the river. In ail parts of tho city, and have a descent sufficient to over come friction and continue full, however much might be drawn out,—the weight of the water effecting this. At each street, or oftener. lead a pipe to the surface, properly protected, into which a section hose might bo dropped to the water, and thus nearly every block in tho city could have an exhausiless supply. Machine shops. factories, and the street-sprinklers might use this, by means of pumps. These mains imbedded in earth, mav bo of earthen or stone ware, as arc the sewer-pipes. .$10,500 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, There being no head of water, there would be ne pressure or danger of bursting. E3An inspection of tho map will show that from the branches of the river and the lake, no pipe need be more than half a mile in length. Artesian wells arc costly, and the same amount of pipes would have to be laid,, and also reser voirs. By this means, the demand on our Water Works wouM be greatly reduced, and the neces sity of another tunnel deferred till wo recover from our great losses. It is hoped that some competent person will examine this proposition, and show its utilitj'or futility. B. Chicago. Dec. M, 1871. Hawthorne** Posihnmoim Romance. From the Boston Advertiser,. Dec. 0. “A man dies, and Ida greatness perishes as if it had never been, and people remember nothing of him only -when they see bis grave stone over hie old dry bones, and say he was a good man in his daj'.” These are the words of Aunt Keziah to Septimius Felton as they talk at the dinner-table one day. And her nephew makes answer with himself; I hate the thought and anticipation of that contemptuous appreciation of a man after his death. Every living man triumphs-over every dead one, as he lies, poor and helpless, under the mould, a heap or bones, a pinch of dust, an evil odor!” This hatred of death as a prodigy, a monstrosity, an alien misfor tune, into which a man has only fallen by defect,” is evidently the key-note of Haw thorne’s posthumous romance, of which the opening chapter is given iu the forthcoming tirst number of the Atlantic Monthly for the new year—the full title of the story being Septimius Felton or the Elixir of Life. xhat 4 Hawthorne himself,’has suffered something of “contemptuous appreciation” at the hands of those who measure religion in small and narrow cups, and that these persons have triumphed over him “as he lies poor and helpless, under the ‘mould,’ ”iu a certain degree, is unquestionably true; but bis greatness has not perished, the literary world has not forgotten him, ancVtho readers of what is best iu our literature will give eager welcome to this tale, probably written seven or eight years ago, but only brought to light during the past summer. What it is, as we shall find in the reading, the novel ist tells: “Our story is an internal one, dealing as little as possible with outward events, and taking hold of these only where it cannot bo helped, in order, by means of them, to delineate the history of a mind be wildered iu certain errors.” And then bo adds with one of his characteristic touches of frankness; “Wo would not willingly, if we could, give a lively and picturesque sur rounding to their delineation.” The history of the story is almost a ro- I mance in itself. The idea of a deathless I man had singluar fascination to Hawthorne for many years; he frequently spoke of it to his intimate friends* and mention is more than once made of it in his note-books. Sev eral limes he talked of writing a story with such a man as his central figure; that ho was writing one. or had written one, nobody 1 knew till Mrs. Hawthorne revealed the se cret shortly before she died. Whether she knew what ho was about while be wroto, wo have not been able to ascertain, though the relations between the couple were such that we presume she did. The tale comes to its publishers in her handwriting. Whether she copied it literally from her husband’s fragmentary manuscript, or whether she found it necessary or expedient to uso some editorial labor iu the matter, are points on which it has not been possible to get any definite information. That the story will bo accepted as Haw thorne’s in just as broad a sense as the Scar let Letter is, we do not iu the least doubt. It is full of the things for which he alone was noted—every ono of these first ten pages bears the mark of his hand. Scptinnus Felton has graduated from Cam bridge, and is studying for the ministry, at his own house on the great Lexington road back of tbo village oi Concord, Mass. His housekeeper is Aunt Keziah, a shrill-voiced old woman, who tempers her uaturalsoverity toward him with respect for his future cleri cal rank. The other characters of whom wo get a glimpse are thevillage minister, who aid ed and advised the boy Felton to go to col lege, a man of middle age. homely, plain ad dress, kindly, sagacious aspect, browned by out-door labor;” Robert Ifagburn. a burly and ruddy young fellow, famous for strength and athletic skill, “the early promise of what was to he a man lit for all olhces of active rural life, aud to be, in mature age, the selectman, the deacon, the representa tive, thcC olonel of the town and Rose Garlield, aged 17, “very pretty, a little freckled, a little tanned, but with a face that glimmered and gleamed with quick ami cheerful expressions; a slender form, not very large, with a quick grace in its move ments; sunny hair that had a tendency to curl, which she probably favored at such moments as her household occupation loft her.” Tho romance opens with a pleasant picture of the country scene near tho Felton House, and then follows some chat between the three young persons about tho worth of life. Septimiua complains that it is so short as to be practically not worth tho having—“so much trouble or preparation to live, and then no life at all: a ponderous beginning and nothing more.” Not so Robert, who aces many things to do—“to make fields yield produce; to be busy among men and happy among the women folk; to play, work, light, and be active in many ways.” No so Rose, either, who thinks it such a comfort to live, so pleasant, so sweet —it was worth while to ho uorn, ifboly for the sake of one such pleas ant spring morning as this; and God gives us many and better things when these are I>ast.” These brief words apparently out ine tho chief characters ot the story— Septimnis, Robert, Rose. Soptimins is con tinually coming around to lus original idea that life doesn't amount to anything. “I wish to live forever,” he says to Robert; that is none too long for all I wouldknow.” And so, of course, ho resolves that ho cannot die if lie is worthy to live. “Let other men die, if they choose or yield; let him that is strong enough live forever!” There is a wonderfully graphic picture of the night and morning after tho battle of Lexington, in April, 1775,—horsemen gallop ing past tho farm-houses, troops marching out from Boston, men sounding the alarm in every direction, drums heating in front of the mile meeting-houses, farmers hurriedly assembling with their weapons—clamor everywhere, storm, wild excitement, a coming deed infesting all the atmosphere aiid making cverbody feel that it was good to bo alive, aglow with a sense of the goodness of the world, tho sacredness of country. Only Septimius, throbbing with “tho strange thought of tho sufficiency of the world for man, if man were only sufficient for that,” morbid with tho reading of many books “of good and learned divines, whose wisdom he had happened, by help of the devil, to turn to mischief, reading them by the light of hell-lire,” declared that all men were fools, and questioned what matter were a form of government for such ephemeral creatures. This is the young man whose story we are to have during the com-* ingyear. Will it be a love-story? Certainly not, in tlie ordinary sense of the words. And yet there is sweet Rose Garfield waiting to love and be loved, and there are the two youths of houorablc report in tho neighbor hood, each in his way seeking the Elixir of Life. Grandmother Temerden. (MASSACHUSETTS SHORE, IbOO.) Bret Ilartc in the Atlantic Monthly for Januarv. I mind it M as but yesterday— The eun was dim, the air was chill; Below the town, below the hill. The sails of my son’s ship did fill— My Jacob, who was cast away. He said, “God keep yon, mother dear,” But did not turn to kiss his wife; They had some foolish, idle strife; Her tongue was like a two-edged knife, And he was proud as any peer. Howbeit that night I took no noto Of sea nor sky, for all was drear; I marked not that the hills looked near, Nor that the moon, though curved and clear. Through eurd-liko scud did drive and float. For •with my darling went the Joy Of autumn woods ana meadows brown I came to hate the little town; It seemed as if the sun went down With him, my only darling boy. Tt was the middle of the night. The wind it shifted west-by-south; It piled high up the harbor mouth; Tbo marshes, hlack with summer drouth. Were all abroad with sea-foam white. It was the middle ofthe night— The sea upon the garden leant, And my son’s wife in quiet slept, And I, his mother, waked and wept, When lo 1 there came a sudden light. And there he stood! his seaman’s dress All wet and dripping seemed to bo; The pale blue llres of the sea Dripped from hia garments constantly— I could not speak through cowardness. T come through night and storm,” ho said; u Through storm, and night,and death,” said he, “To kiss my wife, if it so bo That strife still bolds ’twixt her and me, For all beyond is Peace,” he said. The sea is His, and he who sent The wind ana wave can soothe their strife And brief and foolish is our life.” lie stooped and kissed his sleeping wife. Then sighed, and like a dream ho went. Now, when my darling kissed not mo, But her—his wife—who did not wake, My heart within me seemed to break; I swore a vow nor thenceforth spake Of what my clearer eyes did see. Add when the slow weeks brought him not, Somehow we spoke of aught beside: For she—her hope upheld her pride; And -I—in mo all hope had died, And my son passed as if forgot. It was about the next spring-tide, Sbo pined and faded where sbo stood; Yet spake no word of 111 er good; Sbe had the hard, cold Edwards’ blood In all her veins—and so she died. One time T thought, before sbo passed, To give her peace, bur ere l spake Mcthought, lie will be first to break The news in heaven,” and for his sake I hcldmino back until the last. And hero I sit, nor care to roam: I only wait to hear his call; I doubt not that this day next fall, Shall see me safe in port; where all And every ship at last comes home. And you have sailed the Spanish main. And know my Jacobi Eh? Mercy? Ah God of wisdom bath the sea Yielded its dead to bumbic me? Mvbov? my Jacob Tarn again SEPTrHXUS FELTON.” DECEMBER 14, 1871 INSURANCE North Missouri MB 8881 Insurance Curt of. mAaom, bio. CAPITAL, $500,000 11. 8. TIFFANY CO., AGENTS, OFFICE, 111 WEST ISHIIIHI, CHICAGO. The attention of onr patrons and the nubile generally, is respectfully called to the following letters: To the Xorth Missouri Insurance Company, Ma con, Mo.: GENTLEMEN: Me are to-day in receipt of your draft for Ten Thousand Dollars, in pay ment of your Policies on our stock, and are very mncli obliged to yon for yonr promptness, it alibrds us pleasure to commend your Company to those wanting liret-class insurance. Tonis, very trnly, FIELD, LEITEE CO. Chicago; Oct, 25,.1871. To the Xorth Missouri Insurance Company, Ma con, Mo.: We take plcasnre in acknowledging receipt of draft for Five Thousand Dollars (Sfo.OtlO) in full for Policy Xo. 17,‘JS for same amount, aud we are under many obligations for vour prompt set tlement of onr loss. Tours, very truly. DOWEX, MUST -t WIX’SLOW. Chicago, Oct. 25,1871. To tlie Soi-tli Missouri Insurance Company, Ma con, Mo.: GESTijEMEf: Me are to-day in receipt of your draft for Five Thousand 'Dollars in pay ment of your Policy on onr stock, and arc very greatly obliged to yon for yonr promptness. It affords ns pleasure to commend your company to those wanting lirsl-class insurance. Yours, very truly, JOHN V. FAinVELL i CO. Chicago, Oct. 25,1571. JWO. F. WILLIAMS, Prest. A. LARRABEE, Sec, MTMA Insurance Company OF HARTFORD, CONN. Organised If. 1819. Losses paid In fifty-two years Over S29 v OOO,ooo—Exclusive of Late Chicago Losses. Cash Capital, $3,000,000, With an ample ro-Insurancefund after Paying Chicago Losses. Assets Over $4,500,000! This well-known and'reliable Com pany, which has stood the tests o over Haifa century, will continue issu ing NEW POLICIES and RENEWING OLD ONES at current rates. emu k PASCO, Mm, Office, 585 Wabash-av., 43 South Canal-if.. Adjusting Office: 750 Wabash*av.. Tp to Satnrday, November 18,1871, 1,291 claims had been paid, amounting to $2,327,- 000.00. PACIFIC, Of m FMCISCO, AND LAMAR, OF CHICAGO. Policy-Holders, call on SHUPELDT «t BALL. 23 Weai Madlson-st. STATE Ml CAM (H. Polities bought for cash, at highest market rates. SHUPELDT BALL, 2.J West Madl&on-st. Teutonia Fire Ins. Go., OF CLEVELAND, OHIO. Adjusting OlQce, 111 West Washington-st. II. S. TIFFANY, Adjuster- PROOFS OFLOSS Made and claims collected. Claims against Chicago companies prepared at very low prices. J. E. JOHNSON, Notary Public, 123 West washington sL Insurance Claims Prepared and collected. Garden City, Lumberman’s, State, and Republic insurance claims bought. J. E. JOHNSON. Notary Public, Boom 2.123 West Washington-fit. TYPE FOUNDRY 10 PER CENT OFF TILL JAN. I. Only Type-Casting Machines Running in Chicago. Ureal ffesteri Type Foiflir, SO West Kamlolpli-st., BAEHHAET BEOS. SPDTDLEE, PROPRIETORS. Wo have now in operation, day and night, two Typo- Casting Machines (tho only ones running in tho city), and nro prepared to execute orders promptly. Also, our LEADS, SLUGS, BRASS AND LABOR-SAV ING RULE Departmentsare in successful operation. If you want Printimr Machinery or Printing Materials of any description, don’t fail to give na a call. DESKS. OFFICE DESKS. A full assortment of our own manufacture. THAYEB &TOBEY TURJVITURE CO., 86 to 92 West Randolph-st. HOLIDAY GOODS. WEST Sc GO., Fancy Goods Toys, ml/ 81, alto at 50 cent*• 276 West Madison-st., corncrof Morgan. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. JONES RAYMOND, Commission Merchants Provision Dealers, Bear old Chamber of Commerce, Corner La Salic and Wasblngton-sts., Chicago. Particular attention paid to handling Pressed. Hogg. NOTICES. NOTICE. Chicago, Nov. 29,1371. Notice is hereby given that A meeting of the stock holders of the Chicago ami Wilmington Coal Company will he held at the ofllco of ,T, M. Walker, President, in Chicago, 11L. on Tuesday, the 26th day of December next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to consider and de termine the question of consolidatlngthe slock, prop erty. and franchises of this companv with those of the Vermillion Coal Company, or of selling the samo to that company. By order of the Board of Directors. JAMES M. WALKER.) JAMES F. JO^, 1- Directors. 11. E. SARGENT, mretiora. AMOS T. HALL. ORGANS. Estey Organ. STOREY CAMP, General Agents, too West Ran. dolph st. Organs to rent or for sale ou instalments. FURNITURE. FURNITURE! GILBERT SAMPSON. Chamber Suits, Parlor Suits, Library, Dining-room and Office Furniture, Mattresses, Bed Springs, &c. We are now prepart'd to show our friends and pa tronsa full assortment of FIRST-CLASS FtTRXI TURE, consisting In part of tlie above described artl tides, all of which we orer AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES. Wo have had large accessions to our stock in tho Last week of very line goods, from the beat manufacturers East, which makes our stock as complete as any that con be found. We warrant all oar goods. .Call at No. 323 Midiigau-av, Kear Park-row, and see onr goods and prices. GILBERT SAMPSON". FURNITURE. We liavc now on Hand, and are constantly manullietnrsng, all kinds ofFIIBJVITDBE and Office Desks. Also, BEDDIXG of every description, wliicli wo are selling at our former LOW P3HCES. CALL BEFORE PURCHASING. I.IIEBEITEIII k CO., 320 MICHIGAJV-AV., Between Ilarmoii-court nnd Tivclftli«st. WEBER FURNITURE CO., WAKEKOOMS, 213 iJ 215 Soi (Ml, CORNER JACKSON-ST. A large amount of goods arriving daily. A. A. FARWELL, Agt. REMOVAL. CMf lffOM Cl Have removed to their New Store, 164 MICHIGAN-AV., BETWEEN ADAMS AND JACKSON-STS., Where they are prepared to show a full line of lEiBT-lllE CLOTHING AND PIECE GOODS. CHURCH’S ‘HOUSEKEEPERS’ RESORT’ RE.IIOVED TO 349 STATE-ST., (BURNT DISTRICT,) Near Harrison. Manhattan Insurance Co., of N. T. Adjuster's Offlccmovcd to A. C. Ducat’s Oflico, 30 and SI South Canal-st. Patties having filed proofs of loss against this Company, and who have not already called to sec if the same Is correct, will do bo at once ami oblige J. M. SLY, Adjuster for Receiver. TO LEASE; TO LEASE, For a term of years, a WELL-LOCATED LOT on Washmgtoii-st, near Chamber of Commerce. G. S. HUBBARD, Jr., 70 Solatia Caaaal-st. TO RENT. large DOUBLE OF FICE. Apply on prem ises, 3© West Madison st, Room 1. OFFICES TO RENT In new brick building adjoining Madiaon-st. Bridge. Bent low. Immediate possession. miscellaneous. NOTICE. Committee of Special Relief,) Church of the Messiah, I (Corner Wabaab-av. ami Hubbanl-court,) r CHICAGO, Dec. 2,1371. j In view of the fact that applicants for relief are nsw permitted to apply to the District Superintendents by letter, without personal attendance at the depots, no further necessity exists for any applications for sup. plies being made to the Special Committee, and, from and after the l»th inst. (under instructions from the Executive Committee to that effect), the work of the Special Committee will bo exclusively limited to appli. cations for aid in purchasing sowing machines, ana to affording relief in special cases, by the payment of money to applicants who have received no other relief, in such cases and for such amounts as have been authorized by the Executive Committee. E. C. PARKED, Chairman. Floors that Wont Burn! »IABS OF MARBLE, WHITE BLACK, By GEO. BARMEY, SWATJTOM, Vt. Grand Duke Alexis. A splendid tinted lithograph of the GRAND DUKE ALEXIS, of Russia, will be given away to all persona calling for it. at the TEA STORE of the Great Allan tic and Pacific Tea Co., 114 Went WnHhington-it. BridgeSj Roofs, &c., The Michigan Bridge and Construction Co. are pre pared to erect wooden, iron, or combination roofs or bridges at short notice. _ Correspondents please address Michigan Bridge and Construction Co., Detroit. Mich. SHOES. Albany Shoes. On or before Jan, 1,1872, for the bettor accommodation of our rapidly Increasing Chicago and Western Trade we will open a Branch Salesroom Corner Micliigran-av. and Ilarri son-st., up stairs. tTISOS. FEAKEV SONS. |yFACTORY—4, 6. 8 and 10 Unlonst., Albany, N.Y PAPER. "We have now In stock a fu3 line of WIXNEBAQO MILL” Express Papers, Manilla Papers, Tea Papers, Wrapping Papers, Straw Papers, Straw Board, WHITING PAPERS, Better, Legal, an«f Cap. PBISTEKS’ STOCK, hews. Boob; and Tinted Boob Papers, Cardboard, Wole, Better, and Billheads* Full line Flat Papers, Colored Poster and .Mediums, Tissue, Manilla, Colored White, Envelopes, Twine, Ac. Bradner, Smith Co., We take this method of informing or? customers and the public that we have retired from the paper business and' transferred gut stock and good Trill to* Messrs, Bradner, Smith Co., who will keep a ftil line of our well-known brands of Paper. We respectfully solicit for them the liberal patronage bestowed upon us in the past. Our office will be with B. S. Co. for the present. O. H. h. T.A-FXJM-, STOVES. If you want a stovo-for- you? parlor, store, offleft or Chamber, get tho K.ag*of BASSBUBCfERS, THE ILLUMINATOR. If you want the boft cook stare In the world, war* ranted In every respec get the DIAG-EE- ADVANCE, MAGEE STANDARD, with roasting closet, &a, or Magee’s New Portable Range, Tlio Cheapest and bevt range in the market. Sufferers by the great Era can get heating"or cook stoves at wholesale prices, delivered and'set up by TBLIOTSOW BROS., Jflichitran-av, comer Sachton-tt. LARGE SIZE BRILLIANT BASE-BURNERS Por heating Stores, Halls, and large rooms, manufactured'by J.F. RJLTHBOXE CO., 80 and 33 South Canal-st. A NEW ROUTE CHICAGO SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Central Railroad, In connection with the Gilman, Clinton and Springfield Railroad, is now run ning new and elegant sleeping cars through to Spring field without change. Trains leave tho depot; foot of Twcnty-sccond'st. at 7:10 p, m. New and line day coaches aro also run through on the train Isaving Twcnty-second-st. at 0:30 a. m. Tho lime by this route Is as quick, and tkofaro as low, as by any other. Passengers by this route leaving Chicago at night remain In sleeping car at Springfield until morning, thus avoiding tho disagreeable necessity cf leaving the car» before daylight, incident to other routes. MO£SB,WMMSO., coMmssioir MERCHANTS, Ko. 227 East Washington-st. Advances made on consignments ot Grain, Provi sions, ami Dressed Hogs, for sale in tills marked Property bought and sold ou margins. REFER BY PERMISSION TO FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Chicago. UNION NATIONAL BANK, CliicagO. FLINT, THOMPSON teals are weak, and requiring strength and support. It is in a condition like this that Schenek’s S-aaWeed Tonic proves to bo the most valuable romeily o**"r*dlss covered. It is alkaline, and ris use will neutra-irtfall excess of acid, making'iho stomach sweet and fresh it will give permanent tone to tills Important organ, and create a good, hearty appetite, ami prepare tho' system for the Jirst process of a good digestion, and ultimately mako good; healthy, living blood Af ter this preparatory treatment,? what remains to cure most cases of consumption is the free and per severing use of Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup. Tho Put rnonic Syrup nourishes tho system, purifies the bleed, and is rcacily absorbed into the circulation, and thence distributed to Uie diseased lungs. Thera 16- rlpeusall morbid matters, whether In the form of* abscesses or tubercles, and then assists nature to ex pel all the diseased matter In tho form of freo or-** pectoration, when once It- ripens. It Is then, by tho great healing and purifying properties of ScUenck's Pulmonic SsTup, that all ulcers and cavities aro healed up sound. and my patient is cured. Tbocßsentlaltliingto bo-dono in curing Consump tion is to get up a good apnetito and n good iligestion. so that the body will grow in flesh and get strong. If a person has diseased lungs.-a cavity or abscess there, the cavity cannot heal, the matter cannot ripen, so long as the system is below par. What is necessary to core is a new order of things; a good appetite, a good nutrition, tho body to growtifflesU and get fat; then Na ture is helped, the cavities will heal, the matter will npeu and bo thrown off in largo quantities, and tho person regain health and strength. This is the true and only plan to euro Consumption, and If a person U very bad, if tho lungs are not- entirely destroyed, or even if ono lung Is entirely gone, if there is enough vi tality left in the other to hcahnp, there is hope. 1 have seen many persons- cured, with only one sound lung, live and enjoy life to a good old age. This is what Schcnck’s medicines will do to cure consump tion. They will clean out tho stomach, sweeten and. strengthen it. get up a good digestion, and give nature the assistance she needs to clear tho system of all tho disease that is in the liuigs, whatever the form may be. It is important that, while- using Schenck’s med icines, care should be exercised not to take cold; keep in-doors in cool and damp weather; avoid night air, and toko out-door exercise only in a genial and warm, sunshine. I wish it distinctly understood that when I recom mend a patient to be careful in regard to taking cold while using m 3* medicines, I do so for a special reason. A man who has but partially recovered from the effects of a bad cold is far more liablo-to a relapse than ouo who has been entirety* cured, and it is precisely tho same in regard to consumption. So long as the lungs are not perfeclty* healed, just s-o-loug is there imminent dangerof a full return ox tho disease. Hence it is that 1 so strenuously caution pulmonary patients against exposing themselves to on atmospnore that is not genial and pleasant. Confirmed consumptives'lungs are a mass of sores,- which tho least change of 'atmosphere will inflame. Tho grand secret of my success .-with or medicines con sists in my ability to subdue Inflammation instead of provoking Jt, as many of tho faculty* do. An inflamed lung cannot with safely to the patera* be exposed to tho biting blasts of winter or the shilling winds of spring or nutamn. It should the carefully shielded irom nil irritating infiuences. The utmost caution should be observed in every particular, as without it a cure under almost any circumstances is an impossi bility. The person should bo kepton a wholesome and nu tritious diet- and all tho medicines continued until tho body lias restored to it the natural quantity of fiesh and strength. I was nj3*self enred by this treament of tho worst kind of consumption, aud have lived to get fat and hearty these many years, with one lung mostly goao. I have cured thousands since, and very many liavo been enred by this have never seen. About the Ist of January I expect to take possession of my new building at tho-northeast corner of Sixth and Arch-sts., where I sliaU ’be pleased to give advice to all wbo may require it- Full directions iiccompargall ray remedies, so tliat a Serson in any part of the world, r-'m bo readily cured. 1* a strict observance of the sumo. J, H. aCHENCK, M. D.. Philadelphia. Price of Pulmonic Syrrn. and Seaweed Tonic. SIJSO per bottle or STAG per ha-Sdozuu. Mandrake Pills, 25 cents per box. For sale by Druggists ’n Ibc Northwest generally. I£A P£l2S£ftS’ SAUCE. Pronounced by Connoisseurs “XHE:ONX® GOOD SAUCE.” It Improves appetite and digestion, and It is unrival ed for its fiavor. Wo are directed by Messrs. LEA PERRINS to prosecute all parties caking or vending counterfeits.. JOHN DUNCAN’S SONS, Agents, Now York*. Batch&loF’s Hair Dye. This superb hair dye ia the best ia the world—perfect ly harmless, reliable and iostaotaoeoua; no disappoint ment; no ridicclous tints or disagreeable odur. Tbs genuine Wm. A Batchelor’s hair dye produce* immedi ately a splendid block or natural brown, Laves tbOv hair clean, soft, b*-on:ifnl; does not contain a particle ofiead, or any injerions compound. Sold by ail gists. Factory. IS Bond at., New York. Crlstadoro’s Hai? Oya. Let them leave tho field; there is no longer an open ing for other and inferior Hair Dycasince' JrUtadoio’*- famons preparation was introduced. It is now tho oniydyc used by ladies orgentlemeo of OLariniinatlon. Nothing was over asked tor it but trial and compari son, ond the result has surpassed. xho most sanguino expectations of its inventor. Sol—. everywhere, Aton ufactory,.G3 Malden Lane, N. Y. Prepare lor tho cuoicra. Nobody should bo withor.ta bottle of “BOSEE’S Since an experience of more than 45 fears has provai. them to b« FAR THE BEST AND ‘MOdT EFFICA CIOUS STOMACH BITTEUS, as well os a very agree able and pleasant cordial. Be ware of'couaterfcita, and bay only of respectable house*. L.FUSKE. Jr... Sole Agent. 6S Liberty-st.. New York, P. O. Box 1029. FOR S.&IF: Sugar-Cured Bacon Hams. loot received, a small consignment of the celebrated “MARYLAND BRANT. of Coomsacd, Sngar-Cnred Bams; also, of the “SIMMS BliAND”of Hams, both well-known and highly-appreciated in the Eastern and Southern cities. They aro tolirahly heavy, average 14 to 19 Css; aro in choico order; voryj nicy, and meet colt able for the requirements c 2 hotels and restaurants. Will be sold at moderate pricca in quantities of I tierco upward, to close consignment br HENRY MJLLWARD CO.. Room i. No. ino Ststeanth-st, 03LiI> NEWSPAPERS FOB SALT! AT Tdbmie OMc®, 15 South Canal-st. Deck Fiont la the new Lusher District foi rale or to lease. In quantities to siiit. CHICAGO- SOUTH .BRANCH DOCK CO., 523 Wahaah-av. m m istiih she, Lot 22, to Block 40, Scbool-Scctlon Addition to Clil. caco together tvitli tho standing Uiuro- as Xo.SI Wej, JanksonrSL. near Clinton at.) said Jot is 53 leet tiont by.B3i deep. Bids urill be received by tl\o oDderaisned until 13Cv Jnst. at noon, and wiU bo submitted to the Comnua Council for action Uioreon. GEO. TAYLOR, City Comptroller. Chicago, Dec. -1,13TL SHOW CASES. Three new patented dealgna. anperior to aPcihers. Send for clrcnJAT. W.H. GROVE, IU North Fourtb.aU Philadelphia. BRICK For saloln Quantities to suit, arrivinjr dally; delivery prompt. Caa be seen on cars, cor. and Twelfth- Sts. JOlfy F. SCANI-AN. lt>* Ws*., AdamA-st. SINGING BIRINS, ETC. Singing Birds. A new 0 f imported German CANARIES, and all kinds of European Birds; also GOLD FISH AQVARIA, at FRED. KAEMPFKR’S, £3 South Dtfsplaiaes-at, ue.u Madison. 3