The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-11
from tho Chicago TtmCs.l
THE CROSRY NIDHuA mOT1RE.

TllE SUCCESS OF TIKI Crosby OPERA
HOUSE ART ASSOCIATION.--'rlIe INlSt wCCk
mas been 4 fruitful one for this widespread
enterprise. Our 0xcIlnngGt rHm every au9r-
tor HrO filled with notices Of itH SUCCESS. Its
advertisements, which aIC ON n scale Surpn1R-
ing IN general extent anything which mas
boon attempted by oven American enterprise
before, occupy NIWoS OF the Now York IirCSS.
New York MIyS !" Tile NfIicO rcmInjs inc Of
railroad tICkCt-OtllCo u fCw minutes lcEOrc
the departure of the train"
Tho feeling OT personal intCUSt In Mr.
Crosby SCCnlS Ia pCrVOuC tho whole country,
Every little town ar Village Inns its ono or
sale OF certificates Throughout tho country liz
III n measure TO OO attributed To tho COrIIInl
support o. tho National Ranks, tho PrCSi.
dents and Cashiers OF which are itS most mn.
mGTOuS Ond efficient agents.
Another large club has becn Onsanizc,l hero
ulIOn tho plan Of that Of tho press nnd toll
SStnph men. II Ii TO bG composed exclusive
~ OF fNilFnNd Nn0 steamboat men 'rhrv
nave secured 900 certificates.
lho nOrk-pOCkCrN hOVeSnlSO u club of 500
nearly filled. Tho Young Mems Association
lrO forming large club. Tho ChnmlCr OF
SOmmcrco club IL fuIl. Several HORrl OF
Trade clubs, holding II large number of Certi-
proRrCNS. Activity in this limo seems TO in
lnCrSNlNe with CIlCh week. TICiO movements
nre rapidly taking UP the certificates nIl over
tho country, and haSlcniMG the happy con-
summation OF u scheme which has In IL moro
Interest, novelty anu spirit, than anything
our rCCOllcctiOn.
AS many of our readers mny not ho aware
OF the unusual Inducements offered 10y this
Association, VIC give the following synopsis:
The Association will issue to its members
2lO,nO tickets, nj s. each, emitting the owner
to ono or more OF the fiTSt-ClnSs CnGravinl;S
afterwards uCScril)tSl, free adm isNiOn to the
galleries OF the Association, ilS we'll NS n share
IN IN INC nwanI 81 prTInlumS from series OF
public by amy Art Union.
Tho FIRST Premium,
The Crosby Opera House ia Chicago,
situated on washington street, with u front
OGC OF liO feet and n depth OF $50. II Ii built
Of marble, and four SPACIOUS stores ON either
side Of tho entrance hall, with the offices and
studios above them, produce an nGvrv.snto
rental of $4,000. The actual cost and value
OF this splendid building, Conceded to bo one
Of tue finest In tho world, amounts TO six
hundred Thousand dollars
In addition To this, tho premiums consist Of
moro than three hundred splendid oil paint
InGS, by the first American artists HER
StRdtS great painting, THE 70 Semitic Val
ley value sO,OO: CrUIHey'S American
Autumn value $5,OOO Irving and his
HnluC $500: 'RCCOgnitiOn,' value SS,UOfr
Rtarls deer on the PrRrIe.' value SI,UOO
we'll as works by all the leading artists OF
the country, constituting the gTHndcSt col
lection over brought before tho public; also,
the original llIe-SiNH bust Of Abraham Lin.
$3.50. ''A' '''''''
TO enable tho public to judge for them
MOST VALUABLE EVER OFFERED ny ANY
ART UNION, will he on FREQ exhibition, q
part alternately, in tho OPERA House. Car.
CAGo, and THE ART INSTITUTE, No. 62I,
BROADWAY,
Tickets Of jfC,nbcrNhiJ,-For s., ono share, or
certificate, with one OF the following bcauti-
ml steel enKr'IvinEs: 1.-THE Little Wander
err" by Thomas Reid: or Gathering Apples"
by jerome Thompson. For $40, two shares or
certificates, with the superb steel Engraving
Of Washington Irving and his Fricnds.E
EOr SD, three shares or certificates, with the
fine AllegOrical Engraving OH steel, ''AiCr-
Gys dream" by =. Huntington. For s9O,
Chrome Engraving Of"Autumn.''
The award OF premiums will be made on
the LIST OF October next
Applications for shares can I've made to
U. II. Crosby. Actuary, y. a., and directed
TO the Art Institute, No. 62j, Broadway, New
York, or the Crosby Opera House, Chicago,
where further particulars can be had on APP
plIcatiOn,
The Crosby orerN House Art Association Is
no gilt enterprise, and must not be COnfOuEd-
Ell with Dollar GIN Concerts which were all
vcrtlSed to take place at the Opera House
without the authority or consent oGthC Pro.
prietOTS.